(n)any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus, Syn.Rangifer caribou
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n. [ Canadian French. ] (Zool.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). [ 1913 Webster ]
Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. -- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America. [ 1913 Webster ]