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

But he stood for a minute or two looking down with whimsical respect on the dead form of the carcajou.

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

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)

The wolverine or carcajou is called by the hunters beaver-eater, and somewhat resembles a badger; the skin is soft and handsome.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

But the carcajou saw that some one little less cunning than herself had been before her.

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

Keeping just beyond the range of his hampered leap, the carcajou now crept slowly around the raging and snarling captive, who kept pouncing at her in futile fury every other moment.

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