Reindeer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic and northern regions of Eurasia and North America, having branched antlers in both sexes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer with a number of subspecies. The North American subspecies are known as caribou.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A deer of the genus Rangifer or Tarandus, having horns in both sexes, and inhabiting arctic and cold temperate regions; the Cervus tarandus, Rangifer tarandus, or Tarandus rangifer.
  • n. In heraldry, a stag having two sets of antlers, the one pair bending downward, and the other standing erect.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cervid    deer   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    caribou   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    caribou    bison    buffalo    stag    walrus    boar    buffaloe    kangaroo    tabuk    beaver