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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.