caribou
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- noun
- /ˈkɛrɪbu/
- US
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caribú
- During the annual migration, thousands of caribou can be seen crossing the tundra.
- a herd of caribou
- caribou habitat
- food for caribou
Think about Beavers and bears and Caribou and whatever else that you like.
- Think about Beavers and bears and Caribou and whatever else that you like.
- Like, Can you imagine that kicking a Caribou in the face?
- So the incidence of Caribou herds dying in Lapland in recent months for inexplicable reasons or bees starting to disappear.
Examples
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In response to the designation, Ontario released the Woodland Caribou Conservation Plan in 2009.
Academic text (2012) -
To his left, Singing Wolf looked uneasily at the caribou coming steadily toward them.
Fiction book (1990) -
One whole Caribou can last us maybe two months, three months at the most.
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What is needed, they say, is a better picture of how caribou use the landscape.
Academic text (2012) -
Never try to milk a caribou.
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Just as those caribou were once in trouble, so now are the largest members of the deer family.
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One year, there was early snow, and over three months, the caribou were scarce.
Academic text (2007) -
Lichens, a primary winter food for caribou, may not be as abundant.
Academic text (2012) -
For example, the Porcupine caribou herd uses only part of the coastal plain for its calving.
Academic text (1991) -
The nonmigratory, forest-dwelling woodland caribou lives in the boreal forest year-round.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
A wild animal with hooves and antlers that lives in forests and fields
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A large northern deer with big antlers on both males and females
A large northern deer called reindeer in Europe and caribou in North America with antlers on both males and females
Compounds
- Specialized
A large Arctic deer that lives on the tundra and migrates long distances
A large Arctic deer in Greenland whose males and females both have big antlers
- Specialized
A large deer like a reindeer found in the evergreen forests of southern Canada
- Specialized
A large wild deer with antlers that lives in pine forests in parts of Canada
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caribou comes from a Canadian French form of the Mi'kmaq word qalipu, which means 'snow shoveler' or 'one who paws at the snow'. Caribou, like reindeer, use their hooves to dig through snow to find food, so the name fits the animal.