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netschewuk Eskimo

• n. a large seal of the North Atlantic, Cystophora cristata.

  See also: hood seal  netchek  

  • 1882  The nets-che-wuk, "bladder-nosed" seal, has a skin which is a grade or two superior to the netchuk, and is much larger.
  • 1916  Netci°'vuk . . . commonly known as the Hood or Bladder-nose seal.