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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Brocket :: Brocket (n.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.
Plenicorn :: Plenicorn (n.) A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer..
Caribou :: Caribou (n.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou)..
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..
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
Ranedeer :: Ranedeer (n.) See Reindeer.
Cervine :: Cervine (a.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer..
Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
Browse :: Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer..
Fallow :: Fallow (a.) Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound..
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..
Podetium :: Podetium (n.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss..
Hart :: Hart (n.) A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.
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..
Water Deer :: Water deer () The water chevrotain.
Rucervine :: Rucervine (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest..
Halfer :: Halfer (n.) A male fallow deer gelded.
Hartshorn :: Hartshorn (n.) The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer..
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