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CARIBOU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North America
Synonyms:
caribou; Greenland caribou; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caribou" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caribou"):
Rangifer caribou; woodland caribou (any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus)
barren ground caribou; Rangifer arcticus (of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus)
Holonyms ("caribou" is a member of...):
genus Rangifer; Rangifer (reindeer or caribou)
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