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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reindeer  \Rein"deer`\  (r?n"d?r),  n.  [Icel.  hreinn  reindeer  +  E. 
  deer.  Icel.  hreinn  is  of  Lapp  or  Finnish  origin;  cf  Lappish 
  reino  pasturage.]  [Formerly  written  also  {raindeer},  and 
  {ranedeer}.]  (Zool.) 
  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. 
 
  Note:  The  common  European  species  ({R.  tarandus})  is 
  domesticated  in  Lapland.  The  woodland  reindeer  or 
  caribou  ({R.  caribou})  is  found  in  Canada  and  Maine 
  (see  {Caribou}.)  The  Barren  Ground  reindeer  or  caribou 
  ({R.  Gr[oe]nlandicus}),  of  smaller  size,  is  found  on 
  the  shores  of  the  Arctic  Ocean,  in  both  hemispheries 
 
  {Reindeer  moss}  (Bot.),  a  gray  branching  lichen  ({Cladonia 
  rangiferina})  which  forms  extensive  patches  on  the  ground 
  in  arctic  and  even  in  north  temperature  regions.  It  is  the 
  principal  food  of  the  Lapland  reindeer  in  winter. 
 
  {Reindeer  period}  (Geol.),  a  name  sometimes  given  to  a  part 
  of  the  Paleolithic  era  when  the  reindeer  was  common  over 
  Central  Europe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reindeer 
  n  :  arctic  deer  with  large  antlers  in  both  sexes;  called 
  reindeer  in  Eurasia  and  caribou  in  North  America  [syn:  {caribou}, 
  {Greenland  caribou},  {Rangifer  tarandus}] 




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