† maccarib Obs.
[App. cogn. w. caribou, a. Micmac kaleboo, lit. ‘shoveller’ (N. & Q. 9th Ser. IX. 465). Cf. F. macaribo (Littré).]
= caribou.
| 1672 J. Josselyn New Eng. Rarities 20 The Maccarib, Caribo, or Pohano, a kind of Deer, as big as a Stag, round hooved, smooth hair'd and soft as silk. |