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Orca vs Reindeer - What's the difference?

orca | reindeer |

As nouns the difference between orca and reindeer

is that orca is a sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale while reindeer is an arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

orca

English

(wikipedia orca)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A sea mammal (Orcinus orca ) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.

    • Synonyms

    * grampus * killer whale

    See also

    * ork, orc

    Anagrams

    * ----

    reindeer

    English

    (wikipedia reindeer) (Rangifer tarandus)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus , with a number of subspecies.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=Mining the Boreal North , volume=101, issue=2, page=98 , magazine= citation , passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}

    Hyponyms

    * caribou

    Derived terms

    * arctic reindeer * Finnish forest reindeer * mountain reindeer * Siberian forest reindeer * Siberian reindeer * Svalbard reindeer * wild reindeer