malamute
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
malamute /ˈmaləmjuːt/ (also malemute)
▶noun a powerful dog of a breed with a thick, grey coat, bred by the Inuit and used to pull sledges.
– origin C19: from Inuit malimiut, a people of western Alaska, who developed the breed.
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