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Übersetzung für 'qiviut' von Englisch nach Deutsch

qiviut

Qiviut {pl} [Unterwolle von Moschusochsen]textil.zool.

• Qiviut {pl} [Unterwolle von Moschusochsen] = qiviut

• Qiviut is the fine underwool of the muskox. Qiviut fibers are long (about 5 to 8 cm), fine (between 15 and 20 micrometers in diameter), and relatively smooth.
• There are currently plans of introducing muskox to the surrounding area, as a source of food and traditional hide, called "qiviut", and as a tourist attraction.
• As of 2016 there were about four thousand muskox in Alaska and raw qiviut fibre was sold at $35 per ounce, approximately twice that of cashmere.
• Other words listed in this article, such as "suq", "umiaq" or "qiviut", are also acceptable, but since these contain a "u", they are less likely to be useful in the situation described.
• Muskoxen are being domesticated for the production of qiviut.

• Once in Fairbanks, Reed began teaching qiviut weaving (musk ox wool) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.