Caribou

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  • noun. A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic tundra and northern boreal forests, having large hooves and long branched antlers in both sexes. Subspecies native to Eurasia are usually called reindeer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The American woodland reindeer, Rangifer caribou or R. tarandus, inhabiting northerly North America as far as the limit of trees, where it is replaced by the barren-ground reindeer, to which the name is also extended.
  • noun. No fewer than 10 species of caribou have been described from North America, some being restricted to a comparatively limited area. Such are Rangifer terranovæ of Newfoundland and R. dawsoni from the Queen Charlotte Islands. The most eastern species is R. grÅ“nlandicus from Greenland, the westernmost R. granti from the end of the Alaska peninsula.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).
  • noun. See under Barren.
  • noun. the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.
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  • noun. Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
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  • noun. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
    • Word Usage
    "A large, stuffed, slain caribou is thrown in for dramatic effect."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cervid  deer  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Barren Ground caribou  rangifer arcticus  rangifer caribou  woodland caribou  
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    beaver  boar  buffalo  buffaloe  elk  
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