HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hunting and gathering society mean? 

• HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETY (noun)
  The noun HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETY has 1 sense:

1. group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic

  Familiarity information: HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

hunting and gathering society; hunting and gathering tribe

Hypernyms ("hunting and gathering society" is a kind of...):

tribal society (a society with the social organization of a tribe)

Meronyms (members of "hunting and gathering society"):

hunter-gatherer (a member of a hunting and gathering society)