rangifer arcticus

1. 1.

   of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

   Synonymsbarren ground caribou

   Broadercaribou

Questions about rangifer arcticus

What does rangifer arcticus mean?

rangifer arcticus means "of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus".

What is another word for rangifer arcticus?

Close synonyms include barren ground caribou. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rangifer arcticus a common word?

rangifer arcticus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.