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caribou definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America [syn: caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -bou or -bous) Etymology: Canadian French, from Micmac ?alipu Date: circa 1665 a large gregarious deer (Rangifer tarandus) of Holarctic taiga and tundra that usually has palmate antlers in both sexes — used especially for one of the New World; called also reindeer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. same) a N. American reindeer. Etymology: Can. F, prob. f. Amer. Ind.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Caribou Car"i*bou (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.] (Zo["o]l.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(caribou) A caribou is a large north American deer. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. American reindeer.