muktuk

or mak·tak

[ muhk-tuhk ]

noun
  1. the blubber and skin of a whale when eaten as a food, raw or cooked.

Origin of muktuk

1
First recorded in 1880–85; from Inupiaq (Alaska) maktak, Inuit (Canada) maktaq “whaleskin with blubber attached”

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British Dictionary definitions for muktuk

muktuk

/ (ˈmʌktʌk) /


noun
  1. Canadian the thin outer skin of the beluga, used as food

Origin of muktuk

1
from Inuktitut

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