malemute

noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. Alaskan malamute.

noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. Alaskan malamute.

noun

1. a variant spelling of malamute

noun

1. an Alaskan sled dog of the spitz type, having a dense usually greyish coat

n.also malemute, Eskimo dog, 1874, from name of Alaska Eskimo tribe in northwestern Alaska that developed the breed. The native form is malimiut.