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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Rascal :: Rascal (v.) One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer..
Buckhound :: Buckhound (n.) A hound for hunting deer.
Rut :: Rut (v. i.) To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc..
Blacktail :: Blacktail (n.) The black-tailed deer (Cervus / Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed..
Expeditate :: Expeditate (v. t.) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer..
Podetium :: Podetium (n.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss..
Bell :: Bell (v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar..
Antelope :: Antelope (n.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia..
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.
Ranedeer :: Ranedeer (n.) See Reindeer.
Runway :: Runway (n.) The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
Whitetail :: Whitetail (n.) The Virginia deer.
Petardeer :: Petardeer (n.) Alt. of Petardie.
Deer :: 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..
Elk :: Elk (n.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti..
Halfer :: Halfer (n.) A male fallow deer gelded.
Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
Chevrotain :: Chevrotain (n.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.
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