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    RANGIFER TARANDUS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    caribou; Greenland caribou; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Rangifer tarandus" is a kind of...):

    cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Rangifer tarandus"):

    Rangifer caribou; woodland caribou (any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus)

    barren ground caribou; Rangifer arcticus (of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus)

    Holonyms ("Rangifer tarandus" is a member of...):

    genus Rangifer; Rangifer (reindeer or caribou)

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