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Caribou
Car′i-bou
(kăr′ĭ-boō)
, Noun.
[Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (
Rangifer Caribou
). Barren Ground caribou
. See under
– Barren
. Woodland caribou
, the common reindeer (
Rangifer Caribou
) of the northern forests of America.