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GENUS RANGIFER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rangifer mean?
• GENUS RANGIFER (noun)
The noun GENUS RANGIFER has 1 sense:
1. reindeer or caribou
Familiarity information: GENUS RANGIFER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reindeer or caribou
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rangifer; Rangifer
Hypernyms ("genus Rangifer" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Rangifer" is a member of...):
Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)
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