caribou

caribou
\ \ [17] Caribou is the name of a close North American relative of the reindeer, and it refers literally to the way in which the animal scratches at the snow with its hooves to find the grass, moss, etc that it eats. It comes from Mi’kmaq galipu (Mi’kmaq is an Algonquian language of eastern Canada), meaning ‘snowshoveller’, which in Canadian French became caribou.

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  • caribou — ou cariboux (ca ri bou) s. m. Terme de zoologie. Nom donné au renne par les habitants du Canada. •   Les caribous et les orignaux de l Amérique septentrionale ont leur temps de migrations, CHATEAUB. Génie. I, V, 9. SUPPLÉMENT AU DICTIONNAIRE… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Caribou, CA — U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 0 Housing Units (2000): 2 Land area (2000): 0.169139 sq. miles (0.438068 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.169139 sq. miles (0.438068 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Caribou, ME — U.S. city in Maine Population (2000): 8312 Housing Units (2000): 3858 Land area (2000): 79.291462 sq. miles (205.363935 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.887315 sq. miles (2.298135 sq. km) Total area (2000): 80.178777 sq. miles (207.662070 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • caribou — 1660s, from Canadian Fr. caribou, from Micmac (Algonquian) kaleboo, lit. pawer, scratcher, from its kicking snow aside to feed on moss and grass, or a related Algonquian name …   Etymology dictionary

  • caribou — ☆ caribou [kar′ə bo͞o΄ ] n. pl. caribous or caribou [CdnFr < Algonquian] any of several large North American reindeer …   English World dictionary

  • caribou — CARIBOU. substant. mas. Animal sauvage du Canada, dont on mange la chair …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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