malamute
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noun
- A breed of dog of the husky type, originally bred for its strength to haul freight as a sled dog.
noun
- A member of an Inupiak people who live in western Alaska and are known for breeding malamute dogs.
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Borrowed from Inupiaq malimiut, so called because the dogs were bred by the Malamute people of western Alaska. First attested in 1884.
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