malamute
/ˈmæləmjuːt/(亦作malemute)
noun
- a powerful dog of a breed with a thick, grey coat, bred by the Inuit and typically used to pull sledges(伊努伊特人育种, 尤用于拉雪橇的)爱斯基摩犬, 阿拉斯加犬。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Inuit malimiut, the name of a people of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, who developed the breed.