carcajou
- noun
- /ˈkɑrkəˌhu/
- US
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glotón
- While hiking in the northern woods, we spotted a carcajou searching for food.
Examples
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The carcajou is known for its strength and ferocity when hunting in the wild.
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Researchers studied the carcajou's behavior to understand its role in the ecosystem.
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Do you really want to go up against carcajou and his men?
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I killed one of carcajou's men.
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The only thing that's worth staying out here is stopping that son of a bitch carcajou.
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Then carcajou showed up.
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We got clear directions to carcajou's hideout.
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Who's carcajou?
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Carcajou hijacked Lechance's whiskey in broad daylight.
Synonyms
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7.7
A large, strong mammal like a weasel that eats meat in cold northern forests
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9.8
A large, strong animal with thick fur that lives in cold northern forests and eats meat
A stocky North American mammal with shaggy fur that eats meat
A stocky wild animal from North America with thick fur that eats meat, like a wolverine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carcajou comes from a Native American word like kakajou that French settlers in Canada used for the animal, and it is another name for the wolverine. So, carcajou still means the strong, shaggy mammal of the northern wilderness.