caribou : Idioms & Phrases

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Barren Ground caribou

  • noun of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
    Rangifer arcticus.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a small reindeer (Rangifer Groenlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.
Webster 1913

greenland caribou

  • noun Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
    Rangifer tarandus; reindeer; caribou.
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rangifer caribou

  • noun any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
    Rangifer caribou.
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Woodland caribou

  • noun any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
    Rangifer caribou.
WordNet
  • the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.
Webster 1913