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caribou
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[ˈkarɪbuː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a large North American reindeer
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Origin
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early 17th century: from Canadian French, from an earlier form of Mi'kmaq qalipu, literally ‘snow-shoveller’ (because the caribou scrapes away snow to feed on the vegetation underneath)
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