quickhatch

quick·hatch

[kwik-hach]
noun
a wolverine.

Origin:
1675–85; earlier quiquahatch < East Cree *kwi˙hkwaha˙če˙w (cognate with Cree kwi˙hkwaha˙ke˙w, Ojibwa kwi˙nkwaʔa˙ke˙); cf. carcajou, kinkajou

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