kurdyuk
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian курдюк (kurdjuk).
Noun
[edit]kurdyuk
- Fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep.
- 1998, Janet Buell, Ancient Horsemen of Siberia, Twenty-First Century Books (CT):
- Modern-day residents of the Ukok eat kurdyuk, and consider it a delicacy.
- A fat-tailed sheep.
- 1939, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, Experiment Station Record, page 489:
- Study of the blood factors of 345 sheep, including hybrids and backcrosses between the wild O. polii karelini and the New-Caucasian Merino, Prococe, and Kurdyuk, showed that in glutthione concentration, dry residue and specific gravity of the blood, and resistance of erythrocytes to solution the hybrids excelled the purebreds.