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reindeer (iou)



reindeer noun. Pl. same, (rare) -s. LME.
[Old Norse hreindri, from hreinn (see REIN noun2) + dr DEER.]
An animal of the deer family, Rangifer tarandus, both males and females of which have large branching or palmated antlers, now confined to subarctic regions, where it is used domestically for drawing sledges and as a source of milk, meat, and hides. Also (chiefly N. Amer.) called caribou. LME.
Heraldry. A stag with double attires, one pair turned down. LME.
Comb.: reindeer-fly a botfly, Hypoderma tarandi, which attacks reindeer; reindeer lichen, reindeer moss a clump-forming Arctic lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, the chief winter food of reindeer.