caribou
noun
any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World.
caribous
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pluralof caribou.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Since 2015, a slaughter has unfolded in the mountains of British Columbia, all in the name of saving southern mountain caribous, classified as threatened in Canada.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 17, 2024
Yet it was along Highway 37 that we saw the richest array of wildlife: bears, moose, foxes, wild horses, eagles and caribous.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2011
"You want to act like the smart caribous and stand in the middle of the pack," says Crane.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw but one moose, for there are not many in our forests, though they say the Canadas do swarm with them, and also with elks and caribous.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
But we know nothing of the cause which produced the musk-ox migration, which migration resulted in such unsettling of life conditions for the wolves, caribous, and foxes of this one locality.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
