| 单词 | reindeer tribe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreindeer tribe reindeer tribe n. a people which lives by herding or hunting reindeer; spec. any of certain prehistoric tribes inhabiting France and Belgium. ΚΠ a1843 J. Evans in Sc. Congregational Mag. (1843) Feb. 92 I saw two Indian graves neatly roofed with birch-hark, and the totem, or family name, marked thereon with charcoal in several places, they having belonged to the Rein-Deer tribe. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind i. 2 The Reindeer tribes of Central France. 1936 Geogr. Jrnl. 88 16 The interior can never be utilized as reindeer pasture except by nomadic reindeer tribes. 1992 D. Bennett in J. W. Evans Horse Breeding & Managem. ii. 52 They, and the existing reindeer tribes, both know how to harmlessly bleed a long-necked mammal from the jugular vein to obtain food. < as lemmas |
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