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plural caribou or caribous

Definition

a large gregarious deer (Rangifer tarandus) of Holarctic taiga and tundra that usually has palmate antlers in both sexes —used especially for one of the New World
— called also reindeer

Illustration

caribou

First Known Use

circa 1665, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

earlier caribo, borrowed from Micmac qalipu (phonetically ɣalibu, 17th-18th-century *ɣaribu), agentive derivative of qalipi- "shovel snow," going back to proto-Algonquian *maka·lipi-; so called from its habit of scraping aside snow with its front feet in search of food

carillon

noun

car·il·lon

ˈker-ə-ˌlän -lən ˈka-rə- ˈker-ē-ˌän -ˌōn ˈka-rē- kə-ˈril-yən

Definition

a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
an electronic instrument imitating a carillon
a composition for the carillon

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology

French, alteration of Old French quarregnon>
a large gregarious deer (Rangifer tarandus) of Holarctic taiga and tundra that usually has palmate antlers in both sexes —used especially for one of the New World—called also reindeer
plural caribou or caribous

Definition

a large gregarious deer (Rangifer tarandus) of Holarctic taiga and tundra that usually has palmate antlers in both sexes —used especially for one of the New World
— called also reindeer

Illustration

caribou

First Known Use

circa 1665, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

carillon

noun

car·il·lon

ˈker-ə-ˌlän -lən ˈka-rə- ˈker-ē-ˌän -ˌōn ˈka-rē- kə-ˈril-yən

Definition

a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
an electronic instrument imitating a carillon
a composition for the carillon

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology

French, alteration of Old French quarregnon