n.
Variant: also mal · e · mute
Pronunciation: ' ma-l ə - ˌ myüt, - ˌ müt
Function: noun
Etymology: Malemute, an Inupiat of the Kotzebue Sound area, Alaska, from Inupiat malimiut
Date: 1898
: a sled dog of northern No. America especially : ALASKAN MALAMUTE