caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus
(noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called âreindeerâ in Eurasia and âcaribouâ in North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reindeer (plural reindeer or reindeers)
(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
(plural: reindeers, biology) Any species, subspecies, ecotype, or other scientific grouping of such animals.
• caribou
Source: Wiktionary
Rein"deer` (rn"dr), n. Etym: [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (Zool.)
Definition: 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.
Note: The common European species (R. tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (R. caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (R. Groelandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter.
– Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
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