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gal⋅yak

  [gal-yak]
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–noun
a sleek, flat fur made from lambskin or from the pelt of a young goat.
Also, galyac.

Origin:
of uncert. orig.
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gal·yak   (gāl'yāk')   
n.  A flat glossy fur made from the pelt of a stillborn lamb or kid.

[Russian dialectal golyak, sheepskin coat of smooth fur, from Russian golyĭ, smooth, bald, naked.]
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