Phrase guide

mule deer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A species of deer (Odocoileus hemionus) found in western North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: burro deer, Odocoileus hemionus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deer, cervid

Narrower terms: black-tailed deer, blacktail deer, blacktail, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

History

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ամերիկյան եղջերու սեւապոչ (amerikyan eġǰeru sewapočʻ) — species of deer
  • Bulgarian: черноопаша́т еле́н (černoopašát elén) — species of deer
  • Catalan: cérvol mul — species of deer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長耳鹿 /长耳鹿 (cháng'ěrlù) — species of deer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑尾鹿 (hēiwěilù) — species of deer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 騾鹿 /骡鹿 (luólù) — species of deer
  • Finnish: mustahäntäkauris — species of deer
  • Finnish: muulipeura — species of deer
  • German: Maultierhirsch — species of deer
  • Hungarian: öszvérszarvas — species of deer
  • Korean: 노새사슴 (nosaesaseum) — species of deer
  • Russian: чернохво́стый оле́нь (černoxvóstyj olénʹ) — species of deer
  • Spanish: ciervo mulo — species of deer
  • Spanish: venado bura — species of deer
  • Turkish: katır geyiği — species of deer
  • Umatilla: yáamaš — species of deer