Rangifer

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Noun 1.2 Synonyms 1.3 Quotations

Latin

Noun

rangifer, ~Ä« m

1. A reindeer; a caribou.

Synonyms

• tarandrus

Quotations

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• 1681: Lappones hieme cum Å¿uis rangiferis tranÅ¿migrantes ex nive condenÅ¿ata sibi tuguria inÅ¿truunt, ac Å¿upernè ramis arborum & nive Å¿uper inÅ¿trata contegunt, adverÅ¿us frigus duriÅ¿Å¿imum Å¿atis muniti , quando nec alia eorum eÅ¿t veÅ¿tis, quam Rangiferorum pellis nudæ cuti aptata. —Speculum imaginum veritatis occultae, R. P. Iacobus Masenius [1]

  (The Lapps, migrating in winter with their reindeer, build up huts for themselves out of packed snow and covered with branches of trees on top and strewn snow, are sufficiently armed against the harshest cold, even when no other is their clothing than the pelt of their Reindeer put on their naked skin.)la:rangifer