DCHP-1 Online
tuktu tuktoo [< Esk.] Arctic 
1 n. any of several species of North American reindeer, genus Rangifer, native to Canada, Alaska, and formerly to Maine and Mass.
See also: caribou (def. 1)
- 1748 [. . . upon giving them to understand, that we wanted Tuktoa, which in their Language signifies Venison, they . . . brought us some which had been cured after their manner, by drying.]
- 1865 When the feet of tuktoo are wet, they can go much faster over the mountain rocks.
- 1924 "Tooktoo, " said he, and advanced his three fingers before our incredulous eyes.
- 1965 . . . men of the Canadian Wildlife Service fear that tuktu, the beast with the handsome antlers, may soon be remembered only in illustrations. . . .
2 n. See quote.
- 1864 So complete was his happiness, that he told me I should have the choice of his two wives, all his tuktoo (reindeer furs) that I might need, and sealskin for making boots, with other articles in abundance.
- 1748 [. . . upon giving them to understand, that we wanted Tuktoa, which in their Language signifies Venison, they . . . brought us some which had been cured after their manner, by drying.]