CARCAJOU

wolverine, carcajou, skunk bear, Gulo luscus

(noun) stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carcajou (plural carcajous)

synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)

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• carjacou

Source: Wiktionary


Car"ca*jou, n. Etym: [Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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