English-Thai Dictionary

reindeer

N กวาง ขนาดใหญ่ แถบ ขั้วโลกเหนือ  มี เขา เป็น กิ่ง แขนง ทั้งตัว ผู้ และ ตัวเมีย  caribou kwang-ka-nad-yai-teb-kua-lok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REINDEER

n. A species of the cervine genus; more correctly written ranedeer, or rather rane, which is the true name.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REINDEER

Rein "deer ` (rn "dr ), n. Etym: [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel.hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage. ] [Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer. ] (Zool.)

 

Defn: 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. Groelandicus ), 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reindeer

rein deer |ˈrānˌdi (ə )r ˈreɪnˌdɪ (ə )r | ▶noun ( pl. same or reindeers ) a deer of the tundra and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, both sexes of which have large branching antlers. Most Eurasian reindeer are domesticated and used for drawing sleds and as a source of milk, flesh, and hide. [Genus Rangifer, family Cervidae: several species, in particular R. tarandus. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old Norse hreindýri, from hreinn ‘reindeer ’ + dýr ‘deer. ’

 

reindeer moss

rein deer moss ▶noun a large branching bluish-gray lichen that grows in arctic and subarctic regions, sometimes providing the chief winter food of reindeer. [Cladonia rangiferina, order Cladoniales. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

reindeer

rein |deer |ˈreɪndɪə | ▶noun ( pl. same or reindeers ) a deer of the tundra and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, both sexes of which have large branching antlers. Most Eurasian reindeer are domesticated and used for drawing sledges and as a source of milk, flesh, and hide. Called caribou in North America. ●Rangifer tarandus, family Cervidae. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old Norse hreindýri, from hreinn ‘reindeer ’ + dýr ‘deer ’.

 

reindeer moss

rein |deer moss ▶noun a large branching bluish-grey lichen which grows in arctic and subarctic regions, sometimes providing the chief winter food of reindeer. ●Cladonia rangiferina, order Cladoniales.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reindeer

rein deer /réɪndɪ̀ə r /名詞 複 ～, ～s C 〘動 〙トナカイ (!北米産はcaribou ) .