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muktuk

noun muk·tuk \ˈmək-ˌtək\

Definition of MUKTUK

: whale skin used for food

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Origin of MUKTUK

Inuit maktak

First Known Use: 1835

Rhymes with MUKTUK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck

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