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Meaning of rangiferine | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Relating to, or resembling, the reindeer or caribou.

not-comparable

Examples

“Prior to the Glacial Ages there developed out of a generalized rangiferine ancestor in possession of the whole of boreal Eurasia and North America a number of local "reindeers", and "caribous", of which one held generally Europe (Barren Ground Reindeer), the other (Woodland Reindeer) generally Siberia.”
“Our findings in this preliminary investigation of the pathologic potential of this rangiferine species of Sarcocystis must be qualified as follows.”
“There is debate asto whether rangiferine brucellosis spread to North America across the Bering Sea land bridge duringthelast iceage,orifit was introduced in imported Russian reindeer around 1900.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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