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
Example Sentences
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There was no smallest danger of the wary carcajou doing anything of the sort.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
The carcajou came down, sniffed angrily at the clean bones which had been cracked for their marrow, then hurried off on the track of the wolves.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
The carcajou burrowed down till only the tip of her dingy tail was visible before she found the object of her search.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
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
A fearful-looking monster he was as he lay stretched before me, and not unlike the carcajou which had killed our ox at the camp, only smaller.
From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
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