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oogruk

oogruk noun: synonym of bearded seal.

Noun

oogruk (plural oogruks)

  1. Synonym of bearded seal.
    • As soon as the seals are born the first part of April, the ice stops forming around the island. It does not freeze anymore. When that happened we went out with our kayaks, mostly for oogruks, or big bearded seals.1987, Paul Tiulana, A place for winter: Paul Tiulana's story, page 13
    Synonyms:
    bearded seal

Synonyms of oogruk

Forms of oogruk

pluraloogruks
alternative formugrug
alternative formugruk

Origin of oogruk

From Inuktitut ᐅᒡᔪᒃ (ocyok, “bearded seal”).

Questions about oogruk

What does oogruk mean?
Oogruk means synonym of bearded seal.
What part of speech is oogruk?
Oogruk is a noun.
What is the plural of oogruk?
The plural of oogruk is oogruks.

Words near oogruk in the dictionary

  1. oogoniums
  2. oogram
  3. oograms
  4. oograph
  5. oographs
  6. oogruk
  7. oogruks
  8. ooh
  9. ooh ah ah
  10. ooh arrh
  11. ooh la la

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