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Rangifer Groenlandicus

Reindeer \Rein"deer`\ (r?n"d?r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.

Note: The common European species ( Rangifer tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou ( Rangifer caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou ( Rangifer Gr[oe]nlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries.

Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen ( Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter.

Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.

Rangifer Groenlandicus

Barren \Bar"ren\ (b[a^]r"ren), a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. br['e]haigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. br['e]kha[~n], markha[~n], sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.]

  1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

    She was barren of children.
    --Bp. Hall.

  2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile. ``Barren mountain tracts.''
    --Macaulay.

  3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

    Brilliant but barren reveries.
    --Prescott.

    Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
    --Swift.

  4. Mentally dull; stupid.
    --Shak.

    Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which has neither stamens nor pistils.

    Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions.

    Barren Ground bear (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe.

    Barren Ground caribou (Zo["o]l.), a small reindeer ( Rangifer Gr[oe]nlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.