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Aleutian, a. and n.|əˈl(j)uːʃən|
[f. prec. + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands off the western coast of Alaska.
B. n. A native of the Aleutian Islands.
1780W. Coxe Acc. Russ. Disc. betw. Asia & Amer. (map facing title-p.), Aleütian Islands. 1814tr. G. H. von Langsdorff's Voy. & Trav. II. ii. 48 The Aleutians are not addicted to smoking, but are passionately fond of snuff. 1870Alaska Times (Sitka) 7 May 2/3 On last Monday afternoon war was declared between the Sitka Si-washes and the native Aleutians. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 242/2 The Aleutian district derives its name from traditions of islands beyond the Oliutorsk Cape of Kamchatka. 1911Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 3) I. i. iii. 123 An Aleutian hunter of sea-otters. 1937Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Dec. 923/1 A fair crossing of the Aleutian ledge.
Add:[A.] 2. Special collocation: Aleutian disease Vet. Sci. [see quot. 1977], a frequently chronic, systemic viral disease of mink and ferrets.
1956National Fur News XXVIII. 10/2 The possibility of two or more unrelated conditions occuring as ‘Aleutian disease’ must be given consideration. 1977Sci. Amer. May 140/2 It is the Aleutian disease of mink, so named because it is in time invariably fatal to a mutant strain of mink with a fashionable light-hued fur resembling the pelage of the Aleutian blue fox. 1989Microbial Pathogenesis VII. 319 Parvoviruses cause well defined, sometimes life threatening diseases such as myocarditis and enteritis (canine parvovirus), leukopenia (feline parvovirus), and immune complex disease (Aleutian disease virus). |