muktuk
or mak·tak
[ muhk-tuhk ]
/ ˈmʌk tʌk /
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noun
the blubber and skin of a whale when eaten as a food, raw or cooked.
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Origin of muktuk
First recorded in 1880–85; from Inupiaq (Alaska) maktak, Inuit (Canada) maktaq “whaleskin with blubber attached”
Words nearby muktuk
Mukalla, Mukden, Mukha, mukluk, mukti, muktuk, mulatto, mulberry, mulberry family, Mulberry Harbour, mulch
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Example sentences from the Web for muktuk
The wedding breakfast consisted of seal-meat, frozen rotten fish, and muktuk (whale-meat).
The New North|Agnes Deans Cameron
British Dictionary definitions for muktuk
muktuk
/ (ˈmʌktʌk) /
noun
Canadian the thin outer skin of the beluga, used as food
Word Origin for muktuk
from Inuktitut
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