muktuk
or mak·tak
[ muhk-tuhk ]
noun
the blubber and skin of a whale when eaten as a food, raw or cooked.
Origin of muktuk
1First recorded in 1880–85; from Inupiaq (Alaska) maktak, Inuit (Canada) maktaq “whaleskin with blubber attached”
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
British Dictionary definitions for muktuk
muktuk
/ (ˈmʌktʌk) /
noun
Canadian the thin outer skin of the beluga, used as food
Origin of muktuk
1from Inuktitut
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse