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/bˈærən graʊnd kˈɛrɪbˌu/ Listen

noun

Caribou n. (Zool.) 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.

adjective

Barren adj.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; said of women and female animals. "She was barren of children."

Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile. "Barren mountain tracts."

Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. "Brilliant but barren reveries." "Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter."

Mentally dull; stupid.

Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which has neither stamens nor pistils.

Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions.

Barren Ground bear (Zool.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe.

Barren Ground caribou (Zool.), a small reindeer (Rangifer Groenlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.

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"Barren ground caribou" Quotes from Famous Books

... the barren ground caribou of Labrador have never been observed in the interior as they have been in the country west of Hudson Bay. So far as I can learn I alone, save the Indians, have witnessed the great migration there; but from such information as I was able to gather later at the coast, their movements appear to ...

— A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador • Mina Benson Hubbard (Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Junior)