 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reindeer
noun: arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called
reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America [syn: {caribou},
{Greenland caribou}, {Rangifer tarandus}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reindeer \Rein"deer'\ (r?n"d?r), noun [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 ({Rangifer tarandus}) is
domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or
caribou ({Rangifer caribou}) is found in Canada and
Maine (see {Caribou}.) The Barren Ground reindeer or
caribou ({Rangifer 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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "reindeer":
Cape elk, Siberian husky, Virginia deer, antelope, ass,
beast of burden, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, deer, deerlet,
doe, draft animal, dromedary, eland, elephant, elk, fallow deer,
fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, horse, husky,
kaama, llama, malamute, moose, mule, mule deer, musk deer, okapi,
ox, pack horse, red deer, roe, roe deer, roebuck, sledge dog,
springbok, stag, sumpter, sumpter horse, sumpter mule,
wildebeest
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