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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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.
Lombardeer :: Lombardeer (n.) A pawnbroker.
Herd :: Herd (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle..
Tump :: Tump (v. t.) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed..
Raindeer :: Raindeer (n.) See Reindeer.
Bosset :: Bosset (n.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
Giraffe :: Giraffe (n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs..
Meminna :: Meminna (n.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India..
Rut :: Rut (v. i.) To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc..
Pudu :: Pudu (n.) A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long..
Staggered :: Staggard (n.) The male red deer when four years old.
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..
Deerstalking :: Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares..
Ruminantia :: Ruminantia (n. pl.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies..
Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin..
Gralloch :: Gralloch (v. t.) To remove the offal from (a deer).
Cervus :: Cervus (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species..
Water Deerlet :: Water deerlet () See Water chevrotain.
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..
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