carcajou
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.