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Meaning of Jívaro
Jí•va•ro
Pronunciation: (hē'vu-rō"), [key]
— n., pl. -ros, -ro
- a member of a group of American Indian peoples of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru, formerly renowned for their custom of preserving the hair and shrunken skin from the severed heads of enemies.
- any of the four extant languages of the Jivaro.