/shoh shoh"nee/ , n. , pl. Shoshones , ( esp. collectively ) Shoshone for 2.
1. a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 mi. (193 km) long.
2. a member of any of several Numic-speaking peoples of California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
3. the language or languages of the Shoshone. Also, Shoshoni (for defs. 2, 3).
[ 1805, Amer.; ]