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Definition of caribou noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

caribou

noun
 
/ˈkærɪbuː/
 
/ˈkærɪbuː/
(plural caribou)
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  1. a North American reindeer
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Canadian French, from Micmac (an Algonquian language) γalipu, literally ‘snow-shoveller’ (because the caribou scrapes away snow to feed on the vegetation underneath).
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