caribou
noun /ˈkærɪbuː/
/ˈkærɪbuː/
(plural caribou)
- a North American reindeer
北美驯鹿 词源mid 17th cent.: from Canadian French, from Micmac (an Algonquian language) γalipu, literally ‘snow-shoveller’ (because the caribou scrapes away snow to feed on the vegetation underneath).