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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Roedeer :: Roedeer (n.) The roebuck.
Deerberry :: Deerberry (n.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry..
Beam :: Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches..
Caribou :: Caribou (n.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou)..
Moccasin :: Moccasin (n.) A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians..
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.
Sambur :: Sambur (n.) An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (R. equina)..
Bubale :: Bubale (n.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible..
Palm :: Palm (n.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers..
Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher..
Rusine :: Rusine (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India..
Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin..
Bosset :: Bosset (n.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
Umbles :: Umbles (n. pl.) The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general..
Meminna :: Meminna (n.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India..
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..
Gralloch :: Gralloch (n.) Offal of a deer.
Kanchil :: Kanchil (n.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning..
Cervus :: Cervus (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species..
Water Deer :: Water deer () The water chevrotain.
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