qiviut
Sign in to saveAlso known as musk-ox wool, muskox wool, Qiviuk
thumb|A small piece of qiviut wool
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- Instance of
- natural fiber
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- wool
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- Qiviut
- natural product of taxon
- musk ox
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thumb|A small piece of qiviut wool
Qiviuq [sg] or qiviut [pl] ( ; Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᕕᐅᖅ; Inuinnaqtun: qiviuq; Inupiaq: qiviu or qiviuq (sometimes spelled qiveut)) is the inner wool of the muskox. In Inuinnaqtun the same word can be used to refer any down such as the down feathers of birds.
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