| NOUN | animal | Greenland caribou, caribou, reindeer, Rangifer tarandus | Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes |
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| Meaning | Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North America. | |
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| Synonyms | caribou, reindeer, Rangifer tarandus | |
| Member of | Rangifer, genus Rangifer | reindeer or caribou |
| Narrower | barren ground caribou, Rangifer arcticus | Of tundra of northern Canada |
| woodland caribou, Rangifer caribou | Any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests / forests of southern Canada | |
| Broader | deer, cervid | distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers |
| Spanish | caribú, rangífero, rangifer tarandus, reno | |
| Catalan | caribú, rangifer tarandus, Rangifer tarandus, ren | |
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