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Word: Caribou
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Canadian French, from an earlier form of Micmac qalipu, literally ‘snow-shoveller’ (because the caribou scrapes away snow to feed on the vegetation underneath)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkarɪbuː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large North American reindeer.
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