: caribou—used especially for one of the Old World
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a large herd of reindeer
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Featuring hundreds of reindeer skulls hung in a curtain, the installation commented on the cull decreed by the Norwegian Reindeer Herding Act, which goes against Sámi traditions.—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2025 Those trade networks likely connected Viking peoples in modern countries such as Norway where reindeer dwelled in remote areas with a far larger market.—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025 There’s an actual word for a bull reindeer with a single whopper-size testicle (busat).—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025 Those in reindeer herding who lost their fathers early, those who found love, and those faced with the difficult choice to fight or forgive.—Annika Pham, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reindeer
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Etymology
Middle English reindere, from Old Norse hreinn reindeer + Middle English deer animal, deer
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