Grant caribou

noun

ˈgra|nt-,

-aa(ə)|,

-ai|,

-ȧ|

variants or Grant's caribou

: a small light-colored caribou (Rangifer arcticus granti) of the Alaska peninsula

Word History

Etymology

after Madison Grant †1937 American lawyer, explorer, writer on zoology

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