Definition of "carcajou" [car•ca•jou]

• See wolverine. (noun)

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• "The Canadian voyageurs call the wolverene "carcajou;" while among the"
• "Nearly the whole had perished from the assaults of beings against whom human weapons were useless -- who laughed at the puny resistance of mortals, and feared their battle less than the carcajou fears the mouse, or the canieu the humming-bird."
• "The carcajou, who cannot endure the water, quits his hold immediately; but, if the water happen to be at too great a distance, he will destroy the elk before he reaches it."