rangifer tarandus

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von rangifer tarandus im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

reindeer

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