单词 | muktuk |
释义 | muktukn. The skin and outer blubber of a whale, used as food by the Inuit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > flesh of cetaceans > parts or cuts Bible-leaf1851 whale-steak1851 muktuk1880 1835 R. Huish Last Voy. Sir J. Ross Arctic Regions 701/2 Skin of a whale..Maktuk.] 1880 Science 26 Aug. 100/2 The ‘black skin’ of the whale, called by them muktuk, is esteemed the greatest delicacy. 1909 A. D. Cameron New North xii. 220 The wedding breakfast consisted of seal-meat, frozen rotten fish, and muktuk (whale meat). 1940 Beaver Mar. 25/2 All were chewing muktuk—the outer protective skin of the whale—with great enjoyment. 1966 Star Weekly (Toronto) 12 Mar. 10/1 The Eskimos love muktuk and eat it raw. It's rather rubbery but doesn't taste bad at all—a bit like hazel nut. 1988 New Scientist 12 Nov. 68/3 The Saxtons say they hate the taste of muktuk, but were honoured by their share. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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