carcajou
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French carcajou, probably from the same Algonquian source as (certainly related to) kinkajou.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
carcajou (plural carcajous)
- Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
carcajou m (plural carcajous)
- wolverine
- Synonym: glouton
- (Canada, colloquial) a person who is fierce or otherwise displays the characters of a wolverine
Further reading[edit]
- “carcajou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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