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- noun Canada A handicraft toy stuffed owl, often made from wolf fur, sealskin, or similar materials.
Etymologies
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From Inuktitut ookpik ("snowy owl").
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This is the story of an ookpik who spent a winter in the Adirondack Mountains of upper state New York.
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This is the story of an ookpik who spent a winter in the Adirondack Mountains of upper state New York.
vendingmachine commented on the word ookpik
My new favorite word.
October 23, 2019
vendingmachine commented on the word ookpik
Still one of my favorite words...
July 31, 2022