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malamute

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mal⋅a⋅mute

[mal-uh-myoot]
–noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
Alaskan malamute.
Also, malemute.


Origin:
1895–1900; < Inupiaq malimiut name for local groups of Inupiaq of the Kotzebue Sound region, W Alaska, who bred such dogs
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mal·a·mute or mal·e·mute   (māl'ə-myōōt')   
n.  Any of a breed of powerful dog developed in Alaska as a sled dog and having a thick gray, black, or white coat.

[Short for malamute dog, from Inupiaq Malimiut, name of a subgroup of the Inupiaq.]
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