carcajou

American  

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

noun

1. wolverine.

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carcajou British  

/ -ˌʒuː, ˈkɑːkəˌdʒuː /

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

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 Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Several signs tell the trapper that the marauder is the carcajou or wolverine.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

With an exultant yelp he turned, and 175 the pack swept down upon the prisoner; while the carcajou, bursting with indignation, slipped up the nearest tree.

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

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 Jones, James Athearn

This animal, which is called wolverene in this country, and carcajou by the Canadians, is about three feet long, and of a dark-brown color.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)