RANGIFER ARCTICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rangifer arcticus mean? 

• RANGIFER ARCTICUS (noun)
  The noun RANGIFER ARCTICUS has 1 sense:

1. of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

  Familiarity information: RANGIFER ARCTICUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANGIFER ARCTICUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

barren ground caribou; Rangifer arcticus

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

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