reindeer
nounA 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.
nounA 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.
nounIn heraldry, a stag having two sets of antlers, the one pair bending downward, and the other standing erect.
nounAny 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.
nouna gray branching lichen (
a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.
nounAn Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer’ in Eurasia and `caribou’ in North America