: caribou—used especially for one of the Old World
Examples of reindeer in a Sentence
a large herd of reindeer
Recent Examples on the WebFrom a misfit reindeer to a dancing queen, the audio selections chosen for entry into the National Recording Registry of The Library of Congress this year span a large swath of the 20th century.—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 Her popular Aurora workshop, for example, takes travelers to northern Sweden to learn about reindeer herding culture from the Indigenous Sámi, whose deep connection to the environment and stories of their homeland create meaningful experiences for guests.—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024 To see if reindeer really sleep while ruminating, Furrer and colleagues performed non-invasive electroencephalography (EEG) brainwave imaging on four adult, female Eurasian tundra reindeer in a captive herd in Norway.—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023 Polar bears will also snack on fish, eggs, kelp, berries, reindeer, rodents and shellfish.—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024 Randazzo also dressed as Rudolph the reindeer in a group picture from December 2019 that featured Dowling and Evans donning Santa suits.—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024 But he gets challenged by a super talented reindeer girl, Stella, who shatters that dream.—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024 The zoo’s bison and reindeer could also be seen tossing the trees and using them to nestle and scratch before chomping them.—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024 The analysis led the association to temporarily close the hunt to relieve pressure on the population and to reintroduce hunting slowly once the number of reindeer increased.—Hannah Hoag, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English reindere, from Old Norse hreinn reindeer + Middle English deer animal, deer
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