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English Dictionary: barren ground caribou	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for barren ground caribou
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barren ground caribou n of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus Synonym(s): barren ground caribou, Rangifer arcticus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barren \Bar"ren\, a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. br[82]haigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. br[82]kha[ntil], markha[ntil], sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.] 1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals. She was barren of children. --Bp. Hall. 2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; [?]rile. [bd]Barren mountain tracts.[b8] --Macaulay. 3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. Brilliant but barren reveries. --Prescott. Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. --Swift. 4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak. {Barren flower}, a flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which as neither stamens nor pistils. {Barren Grounds} (Geog.), a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions. {Barren Ground bear} (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. {Barren Ground caribou} (Zo[94]l.), a small reindeer ({Rangifer Gr[d2]nlandicus}) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caribou \Car"ibou\ (k[acr]r"[icr]b[oomac]), n. [Canadian French.] (Zo[94]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.