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RANGIFER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Reindeer or caribou

Synonyms:

genus Rangifer; Rangifer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Rangifer"):

caribou; Greenland caribou; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer (Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called 'reindeer' in Eurasia and 'caribou' in North America)

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

Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)

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