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deer
[ deer ]
noun
- any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- any of the smaller species of this family, as distinguished from the moose, elk, etc.
deer
/ »åɪə /
noun
- any ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the family Cervidae, including reindeer, elk, muntjacs, and roe deer, typically having antlers in the male cervine
- (in N Canada) another name for caribou
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deer1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deer1
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I’ve encountered a bobcat here and there, packs of coyotes and deer, but that was the first bear.
Combine harvesters had been spotted mowing over baby deer and baby elk.
In the second part of her statement, Jones launches a scathing attack on Australia's animal culling laws, including wombats, kangaroos, horses, deer and pigs.
From above, a soaring condor scans the terrain and spots easy pickings -- the remains left after hunters have shot a deer, wild pig or some other game animal.
Renamed Wind Wolves, it is now the largest privately owned nature preserve on the West Coast, where endangered kit foxes and leopard lizards thrive along with elk, blacktail deer, great horned owls and bobcats.
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