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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old Norse
Origin: hreinn 'reindeer' + English deer

reindeer

 noun
     
reindeer
Related topics: Animals
rein‧deer plural reindeer [countable]
HBA a large deer with long wide antlers (=horns), that lives in cold northern areas
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