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n. Any animal (such as the deer) of the family Cervidae.

n. any member of the family Cervidae, a type of deer distinguished from the Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.

n. A ruminant of the family Cervidæ, as a deer.

n. distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

"Date: August 25, 2007 at 12: 42 pm PST our results raise the possibility that CJD cases classified as VV1 may include cases caused by iatrogenic transmission of sCJD-MM1 prions or food-borne infection by type 1 prions from animals, e.g., chronic wasting disease prions in cervid."

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reindeer    cervus unicolor    greenland caribou    burro deer    odocoileus hemionus    white-tailed deer    japanese deer    european elk    whitetail    American elk   

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