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Caribou

• 1 n. See Cariboo

  See also: cariboo  

• 2a n. Hist. one of a branch of the Abenaki Indians of the Maritimes.

  • 1845  Mr. Wood . . . offered up some prayers in the Micmac language, which is understood by the three tribes of the province: the Micmacs, the Marashites, and the Carribous.

• 2b n. a group of Eskimos living inland in the District of Keewatin, west of Hudson Bay.

  See also: Caribou Eskimo  

  • 1966  Father Ducharme then told us of Magoose Lake. . . . There a single family of Caribou, or inland-dwelling Eskimos, of the Padlermiut group had their igloo.

• 3 n. a twin-engined aircraft designed and produced in Canada, used by the armed services and for low-cost passenger and freight service in areas not having first-rate airports with long runways, the Caribou being able to take off and land on strips less than 500 feet long.

  • 1956  The United States army has asked for authority to increase its order for de Haviland of Canada Caribou to 12 aircraft.
  • 1965  The Caribou . . . is now doing a splendid workhorse job in Vietnam.