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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An early Native American culture centered in the Ohio River valley from about the second century BC to the fourth century AD, noted for the construction of extensive earthworks and large conical burial mounds and for its highly developed arts and crafts.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After the owner of a farm in Ross County, Ohio .]

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