AZTECS
\ˈaztɛks], \ˈaztɛks], \ˈa_z_t_ɛ_k_s]\
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A dwarfish people of considerable civilization, in the high-land of Anahuac, in S. America; now extinct. Two children, said to belong to this race, were exhibited in London in 1853; but Professor Owen pronounced them to be dwarfs, probably from S. America.
By Henry Percy Smith
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