carcajou

American  

[kahr-kuh-joo, -zhoo] / ˈkɑr kəˌdʒu, -ˌʒu /

noun

1. wolverine.

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carcajou British  

/ ˈkɑːkəˌdʒuː, -ˌʒuː /

noun

1. a North American name for wolverine

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Etymology

Origin of carcajou

1695–1705; < Canadian French < Montagnais kwa·hkwa·če·w, cognate with Cree kwi·hkwaha·ke·w; cf. quickhatch

Example Sentences

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carcajou

Hunting over a wide range as she did, the carcajou was unaware till now that a man had come upon her range that winter.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull

With a view to repair the fault he had committed, he called to him the carcajou, and bade him go up the tree, and release the sun by cutting the snare.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones

The carcajou, or wild cat, is the natural enemy of the elk, which, by the by, has become almost as rare an animal on the western continent as the mastodon or mammoth.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 by James Athearn Jones

We can see the fierce visages of the grizzly bear, of the white buffalo, of the carcajou, of the panther, and the ravenous wolf.

From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart

We picked up the packs and sticking close together moved on—dodging another gray wolf and a coyote, and an animal that looked like a carcajou or wolverine, which snarled at us and wouldn't budge.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin