noun
reindeer or caribou
• Syn: ↑genus Rangifer
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cervidae, ↑family Cervidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑caribou, ↑reindeer, ↑Greenland caribou, ↑Rangifer tarandus
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\\ˈranjəfə(r)\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, reindeer, probably modification of Middle French rangier, from Old Norse hreindȳri — more at reindeer
: a genus consisting of the domestic and wild reindeer and caribous
Useful english dictionary. 2012.