dictionary definitions for "caribou"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
     (Zool.)
     The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
     species (Rangifer Caribou).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
  
     Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou)
        of the northern forests of America.
        [1913 Webster]


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