reindeer

noun
🔊/ˈreɪndɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈreɪndɪr/
(plural reindeer, reindeers)
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  1. a large deer with long antlers (= hard parts on the head that are like branches), that lives in cold northern regions驯鹿
    • herds of reindeer驯鹿群
    Topics Animalsb2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Norse hreindýri, from hreinn ‘reindeer’ + dýr ‘deer’.