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malemute

American  
[mal-uh-myoot] / ˈmæl əˌmyut /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

  1. Alaskan malamute.

malemute British  
/ ˈmæləˌmuːt /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of malamute

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On the first day Baree fought with a huge malemute and almost killed it, and David, in separating the dogs, was slightly bitten by the malemute.

From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Ralph, Lester

I can tell an Arctic man, just as I can pick a Herschel dog or an Athabasca country malemute from a pack of fifty.

From God's Country—And the Woman by Curwood, James Oliver

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