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Definition of Reindeer

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

Definition of Reindeer

1. 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.

Definition of Reindeer

1. Noun. (zoology) An Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer with a number of subspecies. The North American subspecies are known as caribou. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reindeer

1. a large deer [n -S]

Medical Definition of Reindeer

1. 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 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. Groelandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. Reindeer moss, a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe. Origin: Icel. Hreinn reindeer + E. Deer. Icel. Hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage] [Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Reindeer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"IN ALASKA In a Region Not Favorable to the Introduction of Cattle and Sheep, a Great Domestic Animal Industry is Being Built with reindeer, Furnishing Food, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"reindeer have also been employed to carry the mails between the scattered ... Hoof disease, perhaps, is the most troublesome affliction of the reindeer. ..."

3. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"The Alaska reindeer service is an integral part of the educational system of northern and western Alaska. The district superintendents of schools are also ..."

4. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"Learning how to drive reindeer.—The different Lapp Sleighs.—reindeer Harness.—Difficulty of balancing One's Self in a Lapp Sleigh.—How to drive Down-hill. ..."

5. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Babylon and Egypt the Precursors of Classic Art. THE extinction of the civilisation of the reindeer-hunters seems to have been brought about by a change of ..."

6. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"The "reindeer" was to windward, and some manoeuvring took place in the ... In the end the " reindeer " retained it, and the action began with both on the ..."

7. The Land of the Long Night by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1899)
"QUEER NOISE MADE BY reindeer HOOFS. ON our return we tied our reindeer securely ... I thought this was singular, and I wondered how the reindeer could be ..."

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