bidarka
/bʌɪˈdɑːkə
/noun
A canoe covered with animal skins, used by the Inuit of Alaska and adjacent regions.One day all the Aleuts moved out of the village and paddled their bidarkas back to Port Graham....
- The center cockpit of these bidarkas were used to transport traders, explorers, and Russian Orthodox priests.
- With jade-tipped harpoons they stalked and killed 60 ton whales in skincovered kayaks, called bidarkas and umikaks.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Russian baĭdarka, diminutive of baĭdara 'an umiak'.