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Car"i*bou (kăr"&ibreve;*b&oomac;),
n. [Canadian French.] (Zoöl.)
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.

Car"i*ca*ture (?), n. [It.
caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload,
exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by
exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a
picture.

2. A picture or other figure or
description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are
so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a
parody. [Formerly written caricatura.]

The truest likeness of the prince of French
literature will be the one that has most of the look of a
caricature.

I. Taylor.

A grotesque caricature of virtue.

Macaulay.

Car"i*ca*ture, v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Caricatured (?); p.


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