carcajou Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
wolverine; Gulo luscus; skunk bear.
WordNet
Car"ca*jou noun
Etymology
Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene.Definitions
(Zoöl.) The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene .
