kurdyuk means fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian курдюк (kurdjuk).
noun
- Fat from the tail of a fat-tailed sheep.“Modern-day residents of the Ukok eat kurdyuk, and consider it a delicacy.”
- A fat-tailed sheep.“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.”