carcajou

Noun

Synonyms: wolverine skunk bear Gulo luscus

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammalSynonyms: wolverine skunk bear Gulo luscus

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.] [1913 Webster]

1.One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. [1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: One who gluts himself. [1913 Webster]

Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.— Granville.[1913 Webster]

3.(Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. [1913 Webster]

Wolverene \Wol`ver*ene"\, Wolverine \Wol`ver*ine"\, n. [From Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.]

1.(Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger; called also glutton and carcajou. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [1913 Webster +PJC]

2.A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Carcajou \Car"ca*jou\ (k[aum]r"k[.a]*j[=oo]), n. [Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene.] (Zool.) The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene. [1913 Webster]