Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
   species ({Rangifer Caribou}).

   {Barren Ground caribou}. See under {Barren}.

   {Woodland caribou}, the common reindeer ({Rangifer Caribou})
      of the northern forests of America.

Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
   species ({Rangifer Caribou}).

   {Barren Ground caribou}. See under {Barren}.

   {Woodland caribou}, the common reindeer ({Rangifer Caribou})
      of the northern forests of America.

Source : WordNet®

Rangifer caribou
     n : any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of
         southern Canada; in some classifications included in the
         species Rangifer tarandus [syn: {woodland caribou}]