barren ground caribou

1. 1.

   of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

   SynonymsRangifer arcticus

   Broadercaribou

Questions about barren ground caribou

What does barren ground caribou mean?

barren ground caribou means "of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus".

What is another word for barren ground caribou?

Close synonyms include Rangifer arcticus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is barren ground caribou a common word?

barren ground caribou is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.