woodland caribou
- noun
- /ˈwʊdlənd ˈkɛrɪbu/
- Specialized
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caribú de los bosques
- Forest-dwelling woodland caribou are listed as threatened under Ontario's Endangered Species Act and under Canada's Species at Risk Act.
- forest-dwelling woodland caribou
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The researchers have already identified several threats to woodland caribou: habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation due to development activities such as forestry and mining, said Fryxell.
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An innovative "caribou cam" has provided new insights, giving scientists a look into the once-hidden daily lives of woodland caribou.
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In response to the designation, Ontario released the Woodland Caribou Conservation Plan in 2009.
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The province's forest-dwelling woodland caribou population is estimated to be roughly 5,000 animals.
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Woodland caribou are medium-sized members of the deer family; their distribution is circumpolar.
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The forest-tundra woodland caribou is found on the tundra during spring and summer and moves into the boreal forest for the remainder of the year.
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The nonmigratory, forest-dwelling woodland caribou lives in the boreal forest year-round.
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The province's forest-dwelling woodland caribou population is estimated to be roughly 5,000 animals.
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Woodland caribou are medium-sized members of the deer family; their distribution is circumpolar.
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The park is the only area in North America where white-tailed deer, moose, and woodland caribou share a habitat.
Synonyms
A large deer like a reindeer found in the evergreen forests of southern Canada
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a caribou that lives in or is associated with woodland/forest habitats' is directly and compositionally derived from 'woodland' (forest land) + 'caribou' (a type of deer). This kind of noun–noun compound is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Woodland caribou is a name for the kind of caribou that live in forests: woodland means 'forest' and caribou comes from an Indigenous word for the animal that would 'scrape' snow to find food. That's why the phrase means the type of caribou found in wooded areas.
