mountain reindeer

noun

A subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia.

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wild reindeerreindeer
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Meanings

nounmountain reindeer (plural mountain reindeer)
  1. A subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia.

    Synonyms: wild reindeer, reindeer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia.

Similar
wild reindeerreindeer

Translations

Finnish tunturipeura, poro (semi-domesticated)
  • tunturipeurareindeer
  • poro (semi-domesticated)reindeer
Swedish ren
  • renreindeer
Cite this entry
APA

mountain reindeer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20reindeer

MLA

“mountain reindeer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20reindeer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountain reindeer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20reindeer.

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