caribou
[ kar-uh-boo ]
/ ˈkær əˌbu /
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.
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
Words nearby caribou
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 reindeer
Also 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