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Reindeer Rein"deer` (r?n"d?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. Note: The common European species (R. tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (R. caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (R. Gr[oe]nlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. 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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- The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost...
- species. The specific name, groenlandicus, means "of Greenland", a reference to the type locality. Himantolophis groenlandicus is ****ually dimorphic with...
- maritimus tyrannus Polar bear range Synonyms Ursus eogroenlandicus Ursus groenlandicus Ursus jenaensis Ursus labradorensis Ursus marinus Ursus polaris Ursus...
- northern collared lemming or Nearctic collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus), sometimes called the Peary Land collared lemming in Canada, is a small...
- The barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus; but subject to a recent taxonomic revision) is a subspecies of the reindeer (or the caribou...
- 1738. He named it Capra groenlandicus, Greenland reindeer. Linnaeus, in the 12th edition of Systema naturae, gave grœnlandicus as a synonym for Cervus...
- Canis lagopus Linnaeus, 1758 Canis fuliginosus Bechstein, 1799 Canis groenlandicus Bechstein, 1799 Vulpes arctica Oken, 1816 Vulpes hallensis Merriam, 1900...
- Reinhardt when he described Himantolophus groenlandicus. Reinhardt gave the type locality of H. groenlandicus as being near Godthaab in Greenland where...
- The spiny lobster (Lebbeus groenlandicus), also known as the chicken prawn and dokdo shrimp, is a crustacean belonging to the family Hippolytidae. It...
- Bygides groenlandicus is a marine scale worm that lives in cold waters. It has 39 segments and is 70 millimeters (about 2.76 inches) in length. It possesses...