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moyaque
[< Cdn F < Algonk.: Micmac mooe-ak sea duck]
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n.
See 1956 quote. Various Spellings.
See: muniack
Quotations
1760
The coast round these islands swarms . . . with all sorts of wild fowl, as bustards, crevans, moyaques. . . .
1854
Among the sea-birds are Mermettes, Moyocks. . . .
1956
Common Eider [is also called] . . . mooyak, mojak (. . . Gulf of St. Lawrence) . . . moyac . . . traces back to moyaque, Denys, 1672. "Labr.," N.S., N.B., Que.). . . .