"skin group" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skin groups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skin group (plural skin groups)
  1. An Australian Aborigine social division, which is inherited from the mother and which determines who one can marry and how one relates to others. Synonyms: skin-group Related terms: skin name
    Sense id: en-skin_group-en-noun-hMh0biK5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2004, Claire Smith, Country, Kin and Culture, page 9",
          "text": "Until very recently the penalties for marrying someone from another skin group were very harsh, and included death.",
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          "ref": "2006, Chris Wilson, Macmillan Educational Company, Trisha Sertori, Jane Pelusey, Michael Pelusey, Chris Wilson, Huddleston Bruce, & Marilyn Huddleston, Life in Indigenous Australian Communities, page 13",
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