caribou

  • 11caribou — CARIBOU. substant. mas. Animal sauvage du Canada, dont on mange la chair …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 12caribou — ► NOUN (pl. same) N. Amer. ▪ a reindeer. ORIGIN Canadian French, from an American Indian word meaning «snow shoveller» …

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  • 13caribou — /kar euh booh /, n., pl. caribous, (esp. collectively) caribou. any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World. [1665 75, Amer.; < CanF caribou, r. earlier E caribo, both < Micmac galipu&#8230; …

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  • 14Caribou — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Карибу (значения). Caribou Исполнитель Pixies Альбом Come on Pilgrim Дата выпуска октябрь 1987 …

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  • 15caribou — UK [ˈkærəbuː] / US [ˈkerəˌbu] noun [countable] Word forms caribou : singular caribou plural caribou or caribous a large brown animal with long thin legs and horns on its head that lives in northern North America …

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  • 16caribou — [17] Caribou is the name of a close North American relative of the reindeer, and it refers literally to the way in which the animal scratches at the snow with its hooves to find the grass, moss, etc that it eats. It comes from Mi’kmaq galipu&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 17caribou — [[t]kæ̱rɪbuː[/t]] N COUNT (caribou is both the singular and the plural form.) A caribou is a large north American deer …

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  • 18caribou — šiaurinis elnias statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Rangifer tarandus angl. caribou; European reindeer; reindeer vok. europäisches Ren; europäisches Rentier; finnisches Ren; Ren; Rentier rus. северный&#8230; …

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  • 19caribou — see the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong …

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  • 20caribou — [17] Caribou is the name of a close North American relative of the reindeer, and it refers literally to the way in which the animal scratches at the snow with its hooves to find the grass, moss, etc that it eats. It comes from Mi’kmaq galipu&#8230; …

    Word origins