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Reindeer

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Noun

1. caribou, greenland caribou, rangifer tarandus, reindeer

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

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Reindeer

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noun plural -deer or -deers
a large deer, Rangifer tarandus, having large branched antlers in the male and female and inhabiting the arctic regions of Greenland, Europe, and Asia. It also occurs in North America, where it is known as a caribou

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Reindeer

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nounWord forms: plural ˈreinˌdeer or Rareˈreinˌdeers
any of a genus (Rangifer) of large deer, including the caribou, with branching antlers in both sexes, found in northern regions: it is domesticated as a beast of burden and as a source of milk, meat, and leather

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Reindeer

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n. pl. reindeer or rein·deers
A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic tundra and northern boreal forests, having large hooves and long branched antlers in both sexes, and widely domesticated in Eurasia. Subspecies native to North America and Greenland are usually called caribou.

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