caribou

(karə bo̵̅o̅′)

noun pl. caribous or caribou

any of several large North American reindeer

Origin: CdnFr < Algonquian

See caribou in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. caribou caribou or car·i·bous
Any of several large reindeer native to northern North America.

Origin:

Origin: Micmac ĝalipu (influenced by Canadian French caribou, also from Micmac)

Origin: , from Proto-Algonquin *mekālixpowa

Origin: : *mekāl-, to scrape

Origin: + *-ixpo-, snow

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