DCHP-3

caribou deer

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any of several species of North American reindeer, genus Rangifer, native to Canada, Alaska, and formerly to Maine and Mass.

See: caribou(def. 1)

Quotations

1849
On them we saw the tracks of the caribou deer, whose broad feet are well adapted to moving across the barrens without sinking into them. . . .
1889
The fine engraving which accompanies this article gives a graphic view of some of the magnificent moose and caribou deer of the forests of Nova Scotia. . .