Definition of Greenland caribou

1. Noun. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North America.

Exact synonyms: Caribou, Rangifer Tarandus, Reindeer
Generic synonyms: Cervid, Deer
Group relationships: Genus Rangifer, Rangifer
Specialized synonyms: Rangifer Caribou, Woodland Caribou, Barren Ground Caribou, Rangifer Arcticus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenland Caribou

Green algae
Greenacre
Greenback Party
Greenbacker
Greenbackers
Greenberg
Greenblatt
Greencloth
Greene
Greenean
Greenfield
Greenfield filter
Greenhow's disease
Greenland
Greenland Sea
Greenland caribou (current term)
Greenland shark
Greenland sharks
Greenland spar
Greenland whale
Greenland wolf spiders
Greenlander
Greenlanders
Greenlandic
Greenlandic Eskimo Pidgin
Greenlandish
Greenleaf
Greenough microscope
Greenpeace
Greenpeacer

Literary usage of Greenland caribou

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Big Game: A Book for Sportsmen and Nature Lovers by Dwight Williams Huntington (1904)
"Arctic regions south to the wooded districts of British America; Greenland to Alaska. (a) Greenland caribou. (b) Grant's Caribou. (c) Peary's Caribou. ..."

2. The Conservation of the Wild Life of Canada by C. Gordon Hewitt (1921)
"Greenland caribou (Rangifer groenlandicus). The North American caribou are closely related to the reindeer of northern Asia and Europe, from the common ..."

3. The Caribou by Madison Grant (1902)
"i ( * Greenland caribou tt it BARREN GROUND CARIBOU GRANT'S CARIBOU it ll STONE'S CARIBOU it ii. NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU « (( MOUNTAIN CARIBOU tt (l OSBORN'S ..."

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