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# caribou

noun (a caribou, caribou or caribous)

«caribou» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A caribou is a large deer of North America's Arctic and northern forests with big branching antlers; in Europe and Asia the same animal is called a reindeer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons, caribou live on the tundra and in the taiga of Canada and Alaska; huge herds migrate hundreds of kilometres; both males and females grow antlers. They are very important to Inuit and other First Nations peoples for food and clothing. Canada's 25-cent coin shows a caribou.

### Examples

- Caribou migrate across the tundra in huge herds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/#x1)
- Both male and female caribou grow antlers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/#x2)
- The Canadian quarter shows a caribou. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/#x3)
- Caribou dig through snow to eat lichen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/#x4)
- Wolves follow the caribou herds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/#x5)
- Caribou and reindeer are the same species. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/#x6)

### Note

Plural usually the same: caribou. Said KA-ri-boo. Reindeer is the Eurasian (and Christmas) name of the same species.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «caribou» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caribou/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«caribou» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caribou.html) on Mova free.