n. A percoid fish, the Acerina cernua. More generally called ruff or pope. See ruff.n. A common name among hunters of the black-tailed deer or mule-deer, Cariacus macrotis (see mule-deer)n. of the Columbian deer, C. columbianus: in both cases in distinction from the common or white-tailed deer, C. virginianus.n. In India, a name of the chikara or ravine-deer, Tragops bennetti.