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Added 10 October 2026

caribou

/ˈkæɹəbu/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about caribou at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America.

Origin

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).

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