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car·i·bou  (kr-b)

n. pl. caribou or car·i·bous

Any of several large reindeer native to northern North America.

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[Micmac alipu (influenced by Canadian French caribou, also from Micmac), from Proto-Algonquin *meklixpowa : *mekl-, to scrape + *-ixpo-, snow.]

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caribou [ˈkærɪˌbuː]

n pl -bou, -bous

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large deer, Rangifer tarandus, of Arctic regions of North America, having large branched antlers in the male and female: also occurs in Europe and Asia, where it is called a reindeer. Also called (Canadian) tuktu

[from Canadian French, of Algonquian origin; compare Micmac khalibu literally: scratcher]

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Caribou [ˈkærɪˌbuː]

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Canadian a mixed drink containing wine and grain alcohol

Thesaurus

Noun

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caribou - Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers genus Rangifer, Rangifer - reindeer or caribou Rangifer caribou, woodland caribou - any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus barren ground caribou, Rangifer arcticus - of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

Translations

caribou [ˈkærɪbuː] N (caribous or caribou (pl)) → caribú m

caribou

n → Karibu m