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bidarka

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bi⋅dar⋅ka

  [bahy-dahr-kuh]
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–noun
a sealskin boat used by Aleuts and southern Alaskan Eskimos.
Also, bi⋅da⋅ra  [bahy-dahr-uh] , bi⋅dar⋅kee  [bahy-dahr-kee] , baidarka.

Origin:
1825–35; < Russ baĭdárka, equiv. to baĭdár(a) kind of river craft (appar. akin to baĭdák river craft, barge, ORuss baidakŭ, bodakŭ, of obscure orig.) + -ka dim. suffix
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bi·dar·ka   (bī-där'kə)   
n.  A one- or two-hole kayak used by the Aleut and various Alaskan Eskimo groups.

[Russian baĭdarka, diminutive of baĭdara, of Siberian origin.]
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