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RANGIFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rangifer mean? 

RANGIFER (noun)
  The noun RANGIFER has 1 sense:

1. reindeer or caribouplay

  Familiarity information: RANGIFER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RANGIFER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reindeer or caribou

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rangifer; Rangifer

Hypernyms ("Rangifer" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Rangifer"):

caribou; Greenland caribou; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer (Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North America)

Holonyms ("Rangifer" is a member of...):

Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)


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