rangifer caribou

Rangifer caribou
    n 1: any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests
         of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the
         species Rangifer tarandus [syn: {woodland caribou},
         {Rangifer caribou}]
    

Reindeer \Rein"deer`\ (r[=a]n"d[=e]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.
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   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 Groenlandicus}), of smaller size, is
         found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both
         hemispheries.
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   {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.
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Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[a^]r"[i^]*b[=oo]), n. [Canadian French.]
   (Zool.)
   The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
   species ({Rangifer Caribou}).
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   {Barren Ground caribou}. See under {Barren}.

   {Woodland caribou}, the common reindeer ({Rangifer Caribou})
      of the northern forests of America.
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