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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A soft boot made of reindeer skin or sealskin and worn by Eskimos.
  2. n. A slipper with a soft sole resembling this boot.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Canada, US A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik.
  2. n. Canada, US A laced winter boot resembling a traditional mukluk, with thick rubber sole and cloth upper.

Etymologies

  1. From Central Siberian Yupik maklak ("bearded seal"), referring to sealskin used to make boots. (Wiktionary)
  2. Yupik maklak, bearded seal. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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