muktuk
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- Scrabble points
- 16
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- 19
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- 6
Definition of muktuk
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The skin and blubber of a whale, traditionally used as food by the Inuit.
“"Nathan, my baby!" Martha said. "Come get your muktuk! This my Cousin Clara, Clara Stone."”
“The two species of whale from which muktuk is most often sliced are the bowhead and the beluga, or white whale.”
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Etymology
From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᒪᖅᑕᖅ (maqtaq) and Inupiaq maktak (“whaleskin with attached blubber”). Spelling influenced by English muck and tuck.
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