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malamute

or mal·e·mute

[ mal-uh-myoot ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)


malamute

/ ˈmæləˌmuːt /

noun

  1. an Alaskan sled dog of the spitz type, having a dense usually greyish coat
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of malamute1

First recorded in 1895–1900, malamute is from the Inupiaq word malimiut name for local groups of Inupiaq of the Kotzebue Sound region, W Alaska, who bred such dogs
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Word History and Origins

Origin of malamute1

from the name of an Inuit tribe
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Example Sentences

The third dog of the team was Slasher, a gaunt, untamed malamute, red-eyed and vicious—a throwback to the wolf.

But mine are all fine little dogs, not as large as the malamute, but with more courage, spirit and intelligence.

Of these the Malamute is the largest, descended, as he is, from the great gray wolves of the Arctic regions.

I'd given you one of those malamute puppies if I could have spared him.

There was never animal better adapted to environment than the malamute dog.

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