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n. Any of various hoofed ruminant mammals of the family Cervidae, characteristically having deciduous antlers borne chiefly by the males. The deer family also includes the elk, moose, caribou, and reindeer.

n. A beast, usually a quadruped as opposed to birds, fish, etc.

n. (Esp. in phrase small deer) Any animal, especially a mammal.

n. a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla

n. The meat of such an animal

n. Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

n. A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidæ. 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.

n. Any wild quadruped.

n. The general name of the solid-horned ruminants of the family Ccrvidœ, and especially of the genus Cervus. See these words.

n. A term loosely applied to the chevrotains, of the family Tragulidæ (which see), from their resemblance to musk-deer.

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

"There are a few other kinds of deer in America, but the funniest of them is called the _mule deer_, which lives along the Rocky Mountains."

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

white-tailed deer   

venison    cervine    fawn    hart    doe    buck    stag   

Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   

buffalo    goat    rabbit    fox    wolf    elephant    boar    stag    ox    bear