bidarka

noun

bi·​dar·​ka

bī-ˈdär-kə

variants or less commonly baidarka

bī-ˈdär-kə

or bidarkee

bī-ˈdär-kē

plural -s

: a portable boat made of skins stretched over wood frames and widely used by Alaskan coastal natives and Aleuts

Word History

Etymology

Russian baidarka, diminutive of baidara

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