‘Surrounded by ninmurders, Mary-Golds, puits, carcajous, and ortolans, what is a twenty-first-century reader to do?’
‘In the uniquely articulated natural environment you can watch seals, bears, carcajous, wolves and other beasts of prey, as well as reptiles, birds or monkeys.’
‘The carcajou is a carnivorous animal, which inhabits the coldest parts of North-America.’
Origin
Early 18th century from Canadian French, apparently of Algonquian origin (compare with kinkajou).
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