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muktuk

or mak·tak

[ muhk-tuhk ]

noun

  1. the blubber and skin of a whale when eaten as a food, raw or cooked.

muktuk

/ ˈmʌktʌk /

noun

  1. the thin outer skin of the beluga, used as food

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Word History and Origins

Origin of muktuk1

First recorded in 1880–85; from Inupiaq (Alaska) maktak, Inuit (Canada) maktaq “whaleskin with blubber attached”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of muktuk1

from Inuktitut

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Example Sentences

The wedding breakfast consisted of seal-meat, frozen rotten fish, and muktuk (whale-meat).

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