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caribou
(encz) | caribou,karibu [amer.] Jiří Šmoldas |
Caribou
(gcide) | Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
species (Rangifer Caribou).
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Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou)
of the northern forests of America.
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caribou
(wn) | caribou
n 1: Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called
`reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America [syn:
caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, {Rangifer
tarandus}] |
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caribouboo
(encz) | caribouboo, |
woodland caribou
(encz) | woodland caribou, n: |
Barren Ground caribou
(gcide) | Barren \Bar"ren\ (b[a^]r"ren), a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing,
fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. br['e]haigne; of uncertain
origin; cf. Arm. br['e]kha[~n], markha[~n], sterile; LL.
brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish
documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.]
1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young;
sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
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She was barren of children. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
"Barren mountain tracts." --Macaulay.
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3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
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Brilliant but barren reveries. --Prescott.
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Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
--Swift.
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4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak.
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Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a
pistil, or which has neither stamens nor pistils.
Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America
northward of the forest regions.
Barren Ground bear (Zool.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the
Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown
bear of Europe.
Barren Ground caribou (Zool.), a small reindeer ({Rangifer
Gr[oe]nlandicus}) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and
Greenland.
[1913 Webster]Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
species (Rangifer Caribou).
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Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou)
of the northern forests of America.
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Caribou
(gcide) | Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
species (Rangifer Caribou).
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Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou)
of the northern forests of America.
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Rangifer caribou
(gcide) | Reindeer \Rein"deer`\ (r[=a]n"d[=e]r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer
+ E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf.
Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also raindeer,
and ranedeer.] (Zool.)
Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family,
found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western
hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers,
with the brow tines palmate.
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Note: The common European species (Rangifer tarandus) is
domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or
caribou (Rangifer caribou) is found in Canada and
Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or
caribou (Rangifer Groenlandicus), of smaller size, is
found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both
hemispheries.
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Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen ({Cladonia
rangiferina}) which forms extensive patches on the ground
in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the
principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter.
Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part
of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over
Central Europe.
[1913 Webster]Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
species (Rangifer Caribou).
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Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou)
of the northern forests of America.
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Rangifer Caribou
(gcide) | Reindeer \Rein"deer`\ (r[=a]n"d[=e]r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer
+ E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf.
Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also raindeer,
and ranedeer.] (Zool.)
Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family,
found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western
hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers,
with the brow tines palmate.
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Note: The common European species (Rangifer tarandus) is
domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or
caribou (Rangifer caribou) is found in Canada and
Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or
caribou (Rangifer Groenlandicus), of smaller size, is
found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both
hemispheries.
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Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen ({Cladonia
rangiferina}) which forms extensive patches on the ground
in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the
principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter.
Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part
of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over
Central Europe.
[1913 Webster]Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
species (Rangifer Caribou).
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Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou)
of the northern forests of America.
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Woodland caribou
(gcide) | Woodland \Wood"land\, a.
Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest;
sylvan.
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She had a rustic, woodland air. --Wordsworth.
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Like summer breeze by woodland stream. --Keble.
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Woodland caribou. (Zool.) See under Caribou.
[1913 Webster]Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
(Zool.)
The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
species (Rangifer Caribou).
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Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren.
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou)
of the northern forests of America.
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barren ground caribou
(wn) | barren ground caribou
n 1: of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications
included in the species Rangifer tarandus [syn: {barren
ground caribou}, Rangifer arcticus] |
greenland caribou
(wn) | Greenland caribou
n 1: Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called
`reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America [syn:
caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, {Rangifer
tarandus}] |
rangifer caribou
(wn) | Rangifer caribou
n 1: any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests
of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the
species Rangifer tarandus [syn: woodland caribou,
Rangifer caribou] |
woodland caribou
(wn) | woodland caribou
n 1: any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests
of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the
species Rangifer tarandus [syn: woodland caribou,
Rangifer caribou] |
caribou codeworks
(foldoc) | Caribou CodeWorks
The company which sells QTRADER.
Director of Marketing: Norm Larsen .
(1995-11-05)
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