woodland caribou

woodland caribou
noun
any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
Syn: ↑Rangifer caribou
Hypernyms: ↑caribou, ↑reindeer, ↑Greenland caribou, ↑Rangifer tarandus

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noun
: any of several rather large caribou of wooded regions including one formerly abundant in much of the northern United States but now nearly exterminated

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a variety of caribou inhabiting the bogs and forests of eastern Canada, having large, palmate antlers.
[1950-55]

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woodland caribou,
a large caribou of wooded areas of Canada and parts of the northwestern United States.

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  • Woodland caribou — Caribou Car i*bou (k[a^]r [i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.] (Zo[ o]l.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species ({Rangifer Caribou}). [1913 Webster] {Barren Ground caribou}. See under {Barren}. {Woodland caribou}, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Woodland caribou — Woodland Wood land, a. Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan. [1913 Webster] She had a rustic, woodland air. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] Like summer breeze by woodland stream. Keble. [1913 Webster] {Woodland caribou} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • woodland caribou — a variety of caribou inhabiting the bogs and forests of eastern Canada, having large, palmate antlers. [1950 55] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Caribou — Car i*bou (k[a^]r [i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.] (Zo[ o]l.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species ({Rangifer Caribou}). [1913 Webster] {Barren Ground caribou}. See under {Barren}. {Woodland caribou}, the common… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Woodland — Wood land, a. Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan. [1913 Webster] She had a rustic, woodland air. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] Like summer breeze by woodland stream. Keble. [1913 Webster] {Woodland caribou}. (Zo[ o]l …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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