netschewuk

Eskimo

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large seal of the North Atlantic, Cystophora cristata.

Quotations

1882

The nets-che-wuk, "bladder-nosed" seal, has a skin which is a grade or two superior to the netchuk, and is much larger.

1916

Netci°'vuk . . . commonly known as the Hood or Bladder-nose seal.