carcajou
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carcajou
1695–1705; < Canadian French < Montagnais kwa·hkwa·če·w, cognate with Cree kwi·hkwaha·ke·w; cf. quickhatch
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Once assured of his absence, the carcajou devoted all her strength and cunning to making her way into the closed cabin.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull
The carcajou, who cannot endure the water, quits his hold immediately; but, if the water happen to be at too great a distance, he will destroy the elk before he reaches it.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 by James Athearn Jones
Mon père Baptiste for Pierre Chouteau He work lak dam in le ol' bateau; From Union down le ol' Missou Lak chased, by gar, by carcajou.
From Bring Me His Ears by Clarence E. Mulford
Several signs tell the trapper that the marauder is the carcajou or wolverine.
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut
During this period, since she had all that even her great appetite could dispose of, the carcajou robbed neither the hunter’s traps nor the scant stores of the other animals.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull
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