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caribou
/ˈkæɹəbu/
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What does caribou mean?
noun
- Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
proper noun
- A rural area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- A ghost town in Boulder County, Colorado.
- A city in Aroostook County, Maine.
- A township and unincorporated community in Kittson County, Minnesota.
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IPA pronunciation
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The barren-ground caribou is the only American animal which is now ever seen in such enormous herds.
The Indians often make temporary use of the broad caribou leaf, crushing it between their palms and rubbing the juices on the skin.
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He usually talked in a circle, just as he hunted moose and caribou, so as not to approach his point too rudely and suddenly.
The strong life that never knows harness; The wilds where the caribou call; The freshness, the freedom, the farness -- O God!
If he is there late in the fall or early in the winter, he may hunt, with good luck, if he is able to hit anything with a rifle, the moose and the caribou on that long wilderness peninsula between Baddeck and Aspy Bay, where the old cable landed.