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Nanook [< Esk. nanuq] 
n. the polar bear. Also spelled Nannook, nanook, nanuk.
- 1824 [Nenuk Bear (white)]
- 1854 (1892) It seemed as if the controversy was adjourned; and Nannook evidently thought so; for she turned off to our beef-barrels, and began in the most unconcerned manner to turn them over and nose out their fatness.
- 1922 Nanook, leading the fleet of kayakers, slowly paddled toward the harbour's mouth.
- 1963 . . . Eetuk suddenly whirled around and hissed, "Nanook!" He had spotted a polar bear.
- 1824 [Nenuk Bear (white)]