quickhatch

[ kwik-hach ]

noun
  1. a wolverine.

Origin of quickhatch

1
First recorded in 1675–85; earlier quiquahatch from unattested East Cree kwi˙hkwaha˙če˙w (cognate with Cree kwi˙hkwaha˙ke˙w, Ojibwe kwi˙nkwaʔa˙ke˙); cf. carcajou, kinkajou

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