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caribou
[ kar-uh-boo ]
/ ˈkær əˌbu /
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noun, plural car·i·bous, (especially collectively) car·i·bou.
any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World.
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Origin of caribou
1665–75, Americanism;<Canadian French caribou, replacing earlier English caribo, both <Micmac γalipu derivative (agent noun) of γalipi- shovel snow < Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipi-; called the snow-shoveler from its habit of scraping aside snow with its front hoofs in search of food
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Caribbees, caribe, Caribees, Cariboo, Cariboo Mountains, caribou, Caribou Inuit, caricature, caricature plant, Caricom, Carie
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British Dictionary definitions for caribou (1 of 2)
caribou
/ (ˈkærɪˌbuː) /
noun plural -bou or -bous
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 reindeerAlso called (Canadian): tuktu
Word Origin for caribou
C18: from Canadian French, of Algonquian origin; compare Micmac khalibu literally: scratcher
British Dictionary definitions for caribou (2 of 2)
Caribou
/ (ˈkærɪˌbuː) /
noun
Canadian a mixed drink containing wine and grain alcohol
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