Raindeer vs. Reindeer — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Raindeer and Reindeer
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Raindeer
Obsolete spelling of reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. This includes both sedentary and migratory populations.
Raindeer
See Reindeer.
Reindeer
A large deer (Rangifer tarandus) of the Arctic tundra and northern boreal forests, having large hooves and long branched antlers, and widely domesticated in Eurasia. Subspecies native to North America and Greenland are usually called caribou.
Reindeer
(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
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Reindeer
Any species, subspecies, ecotype, or other scientific grouping of such animals.
Reindeer
To herd or farm reindeer
Reindeer
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.
Reindeer
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America
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