cawquaw

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cawquaw

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From Cree kâkwa / ᑳᑲᐧ (kaakay, “porcupine”).

noun

dated, no plural, possibly, rare A Canadian porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum). The Cawquaw or Urson of North America also inhabits trees. It has not, however, a prehensile tail, that member being merely used as a weapon of offence, the short, sharp quills witb which it is armed sticking in the wounds […]

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@misc{cawquaw_2026,
  title = {cawquaw},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cawquaw},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}