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carcajou
[ kahr-kuh-joo, -zhoo ]
carcajou
/ -藢蕭u藧; 藞k蓱藧k蓹藢d蕭u藧 /
noun
- a North American name for wolverine
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of carcajou1
1695鈥1705; < Canadian French < Montagnais 办飞补路丑办飞补路膷别路飞, cognate with Cree 办飞颈路丑办飞补丑补路办别路飞; quickhatch
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of carcajou1
C18: from Canadian French, from Algonquian karkajou
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The wolverine is also known under other fancy names, the most common of which is "carcajou".
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This animal, which is called wolverene in this country, and carcajou by the Canadians, is about three feet long, and of a dark-brown color.
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Jean repeated, as the troubled face of Beaulieu turned to the old partner he respected, "don' let de carcajou keel you for de grub."
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The Indians call them carcajous, which means "the gluttons."
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The French trapper rumbles out some maledictions on le sacr锟 carcajou.
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