"muktuk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmʌktʌk/ [UK] Forms: muktuks [plural]
Etymology: From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᒪᖅᑕᖅ (maqtaq) and Inupiaq maktak (“whaleskin with attached blubber”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|iu|-}} Inuktitut, {{uder|en|ik|maktak||whaleskin with attached blubber}} Inupiaq maktak (“whaleskin with attached blubber”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} muktuk (usually uncountable, plural muktuks)
  1. The skin and blubber of a whale, traditionally used as food by the Inuit. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Meats Synonyms: maktak, maktaaq, maqtaq
    Sense id: en-muktuk-en-noun-HaLqdrlB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Whaling

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