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noun
Synonym of true deer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: true deer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: deer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ruminant
Narrower terms: pricket, fawn, red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus, sambar, sambur, Cervus unicolor, Cervus elaphus canadensis, Japanese deer, sika, Cervus nipon, Cervus sika, Virginia deer, white tail, whitetail, white-tailed deer, whitetail deer, Odocoileus Virginianus, mule deer, burro deer, Odocoileus hemionus, European elk, moose, Alces alces, fallow deer, Dama dama, roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, brocket, muntjac, barking deer, musk deer, Moschus moschiferus, pere david's deer, elaphure, Elaphurus davidianus
History
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cervid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -id.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
