Etymology

carcajou

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Today it means: Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family) Full definition →

French carcajou
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  1. French · borrowed fromcarcajou
  2. English todaycarcajou

Borrowed from French carcajou, probably from the same Algonquian source as (certainly related to) kinkajou.

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