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kurdyuk

kurdyuk noun: fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep.

Noun

kurdyuk

  1. Fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep.
    • Modern-day residents of the Ukok eat kurdyuk, and consider it a delicacy.1998, Janet Buell, Ancient Horsemen of Siberia, Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
  2. A fat-tailed sheep.
    • Study of the blood factors of 345 sheep, including hybrids and backcrosses between the wild O. polii karelini and the New-Caucasian Merino, Prococe, and Kurdyuk, showed that in glutthione concentration, dry residue and specific gravity of the blood, and resistance of erythrocytes to solution the...1939, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, Experiment Station Record, page 489

Origin of kurdyuk

Borrowed from Russian курдюк (kurdjuk).

Questions about kurdyuk

What does kurdyuk mean?
Kurdyuk means fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep.
What part of speech is kurdyuk?
Kurdyuk is a noun.

Words near kurdyuk in the dictionary

  1. Kurdophobia
  2. Kurdophobic
  3. Kurdophone
  4. Kurdophones
  5. Kurds
  6. kurdyuk
  7. Kure
  8. Kuredhifushi
  9. Kuredhigan'du
  10. Kuredhirehaa
  11. Kuredhivaru

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