caribou

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus

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