Reindeer Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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The meal begins with scallop brightened with currant and rye-seasoned buttermilk, then slow-cooked reindeer, sirloin and tongue, finished over wood, mushroom purée beneath and fermented cabbage cutting richness.

From Salon

Samoyeds are dogs raised in Asia to round up reindeer.

From Literature

Braathen named the reindeer he received for victory in the Finnish resort after the "very special person in my life", his father Bjorn.

From Barron's

They think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey, including reindeer and walruses.

From BBC

Local Facebook groups were flooded with complaints from Inuit hunters annoyed that the thudding helicopters scared away the reindeer from traditional hunting grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal