RANGIFER CARIBOU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rangifer caribou mean? 

• RANGIFER CARIBOU (noun)
  The noun RANGIFER CARIBOU has 1 sense:

1. any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANGIFER CARIBOU (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Rangifer caribou; woodland caribou

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

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