Orejón

noun

Ore·​jón

¦ȯrə¦hōn

plural Orejón

"

or Orejones

-ō(ˌ)nās

1

: any of various North American or South American Indian peoples known to distend the earlobes with metal or wooden disks or ornaments: such as

a

: coto entry 1

b

: chané

c

: a Witotoan people of southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador

d

: a Coahuiltec people of Texas

e

: any of several peoples of the northwest coast of the U.S.

2

: a member of any of the Orejón peoples

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, big ear, augmentative of oreja ear, from Latin auricula external ear

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