nanook

plural nanooks

1. AlaskaA polar bear.

   Let's build a nanook. A big one. Almost as big as a real one!

   1935, Armstrong Sperry, One Day with Tuktu: An Eskimo Boy

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   "I have a way with nanooks," Mazwuk explained, hoping that none would notice the tremor in his voice, […]

   1967, North - Volumes 14-15, page 52

   She dressed: white T-shirt, black jeans, blue sweatshirt with the gold UAF nanook on the front, white anklets, black-and-white Nike tennis shoes.

   2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 110

   Promising in her Inaugural Address to protect the state like a "nanook defending her cub," she has continued to play down social issues as governor.

   2008, Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce, Time - Volume 172, page 102