caribous

Variant of caribou

caribou definition

☆ cari·bou (kar′ə bo̵̅o̅′)

noun pl. caribous -·bous′ or caribou -·bou′

any of several large North American reindeer

Etymology: CdnFr < Algonquian

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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