DCHP-1 Online
quincajou [< Cdn F < Algonk.: Cree; cf. quickhatch] Obs. 
n. the wolverine (def. la), a cunning robber of traps and caches, found in most parts of the Canadian forest.
See also: carcajou (def. 1) wolverine (def. 1a)
- 1760 As there is no species of animal, but that hath its natural enemy, besides man, that of the orignal is the quincajou.
- 1823 The rosomack or glutton of the north of Europe, is the same animal with the carcajou or quincajou of North America.
- 1760 As there is no species of animal, but that hath its natural enemy, besides man, that of the orignal is the quincajou.