Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic tundra and northern boreal forests, having large hooves and long branched antlers in both sexes. Subspecies native to Eurasia are usually called reindeer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The American woodland reindeer, Rangifer caribou or R. tarandus, inhabiting northerly North America as far as the limit of trees, where it is replaced by the barren-ground reindeer, to which the name is also extended.
- noun No fewer than 10 species of caribou have been described from North America, some being restricted to a comparatively limited area. Such are Rangifer terranovæ of Newfoundland and R. dawsoni from the Queen Charlotte Islands. The most eastern species is R. grœnlandicus from Greenland, the westernmost R. granti from the end of the Alaska peninsula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (
Rangifer Caribou ). - noun See under
Barren . - noun the common reindeer (
Rangifer Caribou ) of the northern forests of America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several North American
subspecies of thereindeer , Rangifer tarandus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A large, stuffed, slain caribou is thrown in for dramatic effect.
Palin as Art Dave Hurteau 2008
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I think I'm going to finally go on a big hunt, and I think a caribou is the way to go.
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I think I'm going to finally go on a big hunt, and I think a caribou is the way to go.
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You know what they call caribou at the North Pole?
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
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You know what they call caribou at the North Pole?
Latest Articles 2008
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By far the single biggest danger to boreal woodland caribou is unregulated and uncoordinated oil, gas and tar sand development in western Canada, including the Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and North-West territories.
Biodiversity 100: actions for the Americas Guillaume Chapron 2010
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The fact that nobody goes there but caribou is beside the point.
Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Years ago, a friend told me about watching a hunter in caribou camp sight in a rifle built by South Carolina accuracy maven Kenny Jarrett:
The Accuracy Fallacy 2007
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Years ago, a friend told me about watching a hunter in caribou camp sight in a rifle built by South Carolina accuracy maven Kenny Jarrett:
The Accuracy Fallacy 2007
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On the best game animals for eating: There’s a lot of variability in caribou, but a great piece of caribou backstrap is better than anything in the world.
andrew.simone commented on the word caribou
I always think of the Pixies first album when I see this word.
December 14, 2006
she commented on the word caribou
I but lament
this human form,
where I was born;
I now repent —
Cariboooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou,
cariboooo-oooooooooooooooooooooooooo-ooooou
August 4, 2008