muktuk
/ˈmʌktʌk/
noun
- The skin and blubber of a whale, especially a bowhead whale, eaten as food by Indigenous peoples of the Arctic.
- Muktuk is rich in vitamins and has been a vital source of nutrition for Arctic communities for centuries.
- Many visitors to Alaska are curious to try muktuk, a traditional Inuit food.
- The elders prepared muktuk by slicing it into thin pieces and serving it with salt.