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Carcajou

Car′ca-jou

(kär′kȧ-joō)
,
Noun.
[Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene.]
(Zool.)
The wolverene; – also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See
Wolverene
.

Definition 2024


carcajou

carcajou

English

Noun

carcajou (plural carcajous)

  1. Wolverine, a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family.