Definition of deer

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Deer (n. sing. & pl.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison..

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Gemul :: Gemul (n.) A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns..
Deer-neck :: Deer-neck (n.) A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse..
Musk :: Musk (n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor..
Ra :: Ra (n.) A roe; a deer.
Doe :: Doe (n.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck..
Stag :: Stag (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti..
Gralloch :: Gralloch (v. t.) To remove the offal from (a deer).
Squawked :: Squawberry (n.) A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry..
Knobbler :: Knobbler (n.) The hart in its second year; a young deer.
Tearpit :: Tearpit (n.) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
Rut :: Rut (v. i.) To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc..
Cervine :: Cervine (a.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae..
Bloody Hand :: Bloody hand () A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison..
Water Chevrotain :: Water chevrotain () A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.
Fraying :: Fraying (n.) The skin which a deer frays from his horns.
Podetium :: Podetium (n.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss..
Halfer :: Halfer (n.) A male fallow deer gelded.
Buckshot :: Buckshot (n.) A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game..
Inchpin :: Inchpin (n.) The sweetbread of a deer.
Brocket :: Brocket (n.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.
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