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REINDEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reindeer mean? 

REINDEER (noun)
  The noun REINDEER has 1 sense:

1. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


REINDEER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

caribou; Greenland caribou; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer

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

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reindeer"):

Rangifer caribou; woodland caribou (any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus)

barren ground caribou; Rangifer arcticus (of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus)

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

genus Rangifer; Rangifer (reindeer or caribou)


 Context examples 


These are usually from cows (bovine) but are also from goats, sheep, reindeer, and water buffalo.

(Dairy Product, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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