kurdyuk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian курдюк (kurdjuk).

Noun

kurdyuk

1. 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.

2. 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.