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caribou

noun
🔊/ˈkærɪbuː/
🔊/ˈkærɪbuː/
(plural caribou)
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  1. a North American reindeer北美驯鹿
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Canadian French, from Micmac (an Algonquian language) γalipu, literally ‘snow-shoveller’ (because the caribou scrapes away snow to feed on the vegetation underneath).