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carcajou

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car⋅ca⋅jou

  [kahr-kuh-joo, -zhoo]
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–noun
wolverine (def. 1).
Origin:
1695–1705; < CanF < Montagnais kwa⋅hkwa⋅če⋅w, c. Cree kwi⋅hkwaha⋅ke⋅w; cf. quickhatch

wol⋅ver⋅ine

  [wool-vuh-reen, wool-vuh-reen]
–noun
1. Also called carcajou. a stocky, carnivorous North American mammal, Gulo luscus, of the weasel family, having blackish, shaggy hair with white markings.
2. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Michigan (the Wolverine State) (used as a nickname).
Origin:
1565–75; alter. of earlier wolvering (with -ine 2 for -ing 3 ), obscure deriv. of wolf
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car·ca·jou   (kär'kə-jōō', -zhōō')   
n.  See wolverine.

[Canadian French, from Montagnais kuàkuàtsheu.]
wol·ver·ine   (wŏŏl'və-rēn', wōōl'və-rēn')   
n.  A solitary, burrowing carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo) of northern forest regions, related to the weasel and having a heavyset body, short legs, dark fur, and a bushy tail. Also called carcajou, glutton, skunk bear.

[Probably from wolf.]
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Word Origin & History

wolverine 
carnivorous mammal, 1619, alteration of wolvering (1574), of uncertain origin, possibly from wolv-, inflectional stem of wolf, or perhaps from wolver "one who behaves like a wolf" (1593).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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