(n.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).
Example Sentences:
(1) Caribou soon became a surprisingly hard-gigging unit, supporting Radiohead on their 2012 arena jaunt at the same time as Dan was touring the world’s premier techno clubs under his dance alias Daphni.
(2) Caribou’s combination of vulnerable vocals and persuasive dance beats certainly seems to hit a sweet spot.
(3) The potential of Sarcocystis in caribou as a food-borne disease organism in man cannot be overlooked in view of its prevalence in meat and its widespread consumption, when lightly cooked, in rural Newfoundland.
(4) Caribou – Our Love Canadian producer Dan Snaith has cut an enviably idiosyncratic path through dance music in recent years, both as Caribou and in his more dancefloor-friendly guise Daphni.
(5) Caribou was snatched from her parents’ house in 1972 by the state-funded, church-run Indian Residential School system that brutally attempted to assimilate native children for over a century.
(6) Dental anomalies were observed in 43 of 1,226 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) taken between 1966 and 1968.
(7) h-1) by captive caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) was measured using the doubly labeled water method (3H2O and H2(18)O) and compared with CO2 expiration rates (VCO2), adjusted for CO2 losses in CH4 and urine, as determined by open-circuit respirometry.
(8) A review of the distribution of human and animal cases of brucellosis in northern Canada indicated that B. suis biotype 4 is distributed widely and is probably enzootic in most Canadian caribou herds.
(9) Caribou and seal meats were similar in protein and fat content in comparison with beef.
(10) The model which best fits the Caribou Eskimo data is that of tuberculosis.
(11) Season and sex-related differences could be explained by seasonal variation in cadmium intake and by the annual weight cycle exhibited by caribou kidneys and liver.
(12) Three days before he plays the boat, Caribou headline Dimensions’ opening party at a 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre in Pula.
(13) From the top of Partridgeberry Hill, I spied a small herd of caribou, unaware of me watching.
(14) Dogrib Indians of the Canadian NWT still rely on the traditional dietary, based on caribou-hunting and fishing.
(15) times per year, the most frequent being caribou (145, mean), beluga whale (74), hares (35), muskrat (26), whitefish (52), cisco (39), burbot (38), inconnu (37), Arctic charr (31), geese (44) ducks (19), ptamigan (18), cloudberries (22), cranberries (20) and blueberries (18).
(16) Sled dogs from five native villages on the range of the Artic caribou herd, but not from two villages on the the range of the Porcupine caribou herd, are commonly infected.
(17) But in a report published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology on Wednesday, scientists from the US Geological Survey (USGS) said it was doubtful polar bears could find salvation in the caribou, goose eggs and berries of the north.
(18) Differences between values derived by the two methods of 5-20% were found in summer trials with caribou.
(19) Hair and nail samples from human and canine sources and hair samples from mule deer, white tail deer, cat, moose, elk, antelope, caribou, raccoon, and goat were studied.
(20) It also says "accidental kills of caribou could occur as a result of project activity" and that "small numbers of ringed seal mortalities could occur as a result of icebreaking activity."
Reindeer
Definition:
(n.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two boys with ophthalmomyiasis caused by the first instar larva of the reindeer warble fly Hypoderma tarandi are reported.
(2) Luleå’s Clarion Sense Hotel was my base for the night and before venturing out for some evening reconnaissance I checked out its Skybar restaurant – for some surprisingly tender reindeer, and sea buckthorn sorbet.
(3) The neck-shoulder and joint symptoms increased with the annual amount of reindeer herding work done in persons below 50 years of age.
(4) The effect of temperature on the oxygen-binding properties of hemoglobin (Hb) from ruminants, such as ox, reindeer, musk ox, mouflon and egyptian water buffalo is compared to that of human adult Hb (HbA).
(5) About 4,000 remain in the Surgut district where Kechimov lives, and most of them still pursue their traditional livelihood of reindeer herding, hunting and fishing, explained the activist Agrafena Sopochina.
(6) Reindeer papillomavirus (RPV) is morphologically indistinguishable from other papillomaviruses, but the restriction enzyme cleavage pattern of its genome is different.
(7) During the same period (1980 to 1990), 29 arctic foxes, 23 polar bears (Ursus maritimus), 19 reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and five ringed seals (Phoca hispida) were also tested using the same technique.
(8) Locals in the villages around Usinsk complain that the frequent oil spills pollute their drinking water, contaminate the river fish and reindeer they depend on for food and cause chronic health conditions.
(9) Three territorial subgroups of reindeer breeders, fishermen, and fur hunters living under conditions of partial isolation in remote parts of the Yakut ASSR, have been investigated with respect to polymorphic genetic systems.
(10) Unlike human bone, reindeer antler always shows a large post-yield strain, and it is possible to distinguish pre-yield and post-yield behaviour.
(11) It is important to investigate whether supplementary feeding with commercially available fodder, hay, and minerals would result in better economy in reindeer breeding.
(12) If those are identical to the species of the reindeer, D. eckerti must be synonymysed with D. noerneri, if the two species are different, in any case the Dictyocaulids of european Cervidae must be called D. noerneri.
(13) The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of frostbite among reindeer herders and to clarify the co-factors that may relate to these injuries.
(14) Chi-square contingency table analysis of phenotypic (genotypic) and gene frequencies of erythrocyte and blood serum groups and enzymes in a group of reindeer hunter and fishermen revealed heterogeneity within the population studied.
(15) Cysts of Sarcocystis grueneri from cardiac muscle of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Norway were examined by transmission electron microscopy.
(16) Reindeer herding is a major source of living for more than 4200 inhabitants in northern Finland.
(17) The anatomical location, gross appearance, and frequency of occurrence of the striations on the Krapina material do not resemble Mousterian butchery marks on reindeer.
(18) Plasma concentrations of free fatty acids (FFA), glycerol, adrenaline, noradrenaline, glucose and insulin, as well as serum concentrations of triacylglycerols, total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein (HDL)-bound cholesterol, were measured at intervals during a I-year period in Norwegian reindeer.
(19) Left ventricular volumes were measured by cineangiocardiography in 56 sessions on 25 reindeer, together with determinations of arterial pressure and blood oxygen saturation.
(20) A genomic comparison of bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1), caprine herpesvirus (CHV-2) and reindeer herpesvirus (RHV), was performed using 5 restriction endonucleases.