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moyaque [< Cdn F < Algonk.: Micmac mooe-ak sea duck] 
n. See 1956 quote. Various Spellings.
See also: muniack
- 1760 The coast round these islands swarms . . . with all sorts of wild fowl, as bustards, crevans, moyaques. . . .
- 1854 Among the sea-birds are Mermettes, Moyocks. . . .
- 1956 Common Eider [is also called] . . . mooyak, mojak (. . . Gulf of St. Lawrence) . . . moyac . . . traces back to moyaque, Denys, 1672. "Labr.," N.S., N.B., Que.). . . .
- 1760 The coast round these islands swarms . . . with all sorts of wild fowl, as bustards, crevans, moyaques. . . .