reindeer

English - Turkish

Definition of reindeer in English Turkish dictionary

{i} ren geyiği

Tom, ren geyiğini yedirirken kamyondan düştü. - Tom fell off the truck while he was feeding the reindeer.

Çoğu ren geyiği Arktik tundrada yaşar. - Most reindeer live in the Arctic tundra.

rengeyiği

rengeyik

{i} ren

Kurtlar ren geyiklerini avlarlar. - Wolves hunt reindeer.

Ren geyikleri sıcak hayvanlardır. - Reindeer are friendly animals.

{i} (çoğ. rein.deer) rengeyiği

reindeer moss renlikeni

tek

ren kuzey geyiği

Rangifer tarandus

Cladonia rangiferina

English - English

Definition of reindeer in English English dictionary

An Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer with a number of subspecies. The North American subspecies are known as caribou

{n} false spelling, see rane

A reindeer is a deer with large horns called antlers that lives in northern areas of Europe, Asia, and America. Any species of Arctic deer in the genus Rangifer (family Cervidae), especially Old World species, some of which are domesticated. New World species are usually called caribou. The reindeer herded by the Sami (Lapps) are used as draft and pack animals and as a source of meat and milk; their skins are used for tents, boots, and other clothing. In Siberia they are used as pack animals and as mounts

{i} any of several species of large deer inhabiting arctic and sub-arctic regions

arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America

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

An Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer, a number of subspecies exist. The North American subspecies are known as caribou

Related Terms

reindeer games

activities which exclude outsiders

reindeer moss

A lichen, Cladonia rangiferina, that grows in areas of alpine tundra

They passed alder swamps and bamboo groves and pale green reindeer moss.

reindeer moss

an erect grayish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans

reindeer moss

An erect, grayish, branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) of Arctic regions, constituting the chief source of food for reindeer and several other herbivores

Finnish forest reindeer

A subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus fennicus, found only in Eastern Finland and Russian Karelia

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A legendary reindeer with a nose that glows red light

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A Christmas song about the reindeer

mountain reindeer

A subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia

mountain-reindeer

Attributive form of mountain reindeer

a mountain-reindeer look.

reindeers

Plural of reindeer

the Red-nosed Reindeer Rudolph

a character in a children's Christmas song. Rudolph is a reindeer (=a large grass-eating wild animal with large horns) who has a shiny red nose. The other reindeer think his nose looks silly, but Santa Claus asks him to help the other reindeer to pull his sleigh on a foggy night, because his bright nose helps them to see where they are going

Hyphenation

rein·deer

Turkish pronunciation

reyndîr

Synonyms

caribou

Pronunciation

/ˈrānˌdər/ /ˈreɪnˌdɪr/

Etymology

() From Middle English, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn + dyr (“animal”).