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Deer - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Deer : (noun)
1: distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid
deciduous antlers [syn: cervid]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Deer : \Deer\ (d[=e]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal,
wild animal, AS. de['o]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G.
thier, tier, Icel. d[=y]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of
unknown origin. [root]71.]
1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Mice and rats, and such small deer. --Shak.
The camel, that great deer. --Lindisfarne
MS.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many
species, and of related genera of the family Cervid[ae].
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.
Note: The deer hunted in England is Cervus elaphus, called
also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is C. dama;
the common American deer is C. Virginianus; the
blacktailed deer of Western North America is C.
Columbianus; and the mule deer of the same region is
C. macrotis. See Axis, Fallow deer, Mule deer,
Reindeer.
Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.
Deer mouse (Zo["o]l.), the white-footed mouse ({Hesperomys
leucopus) of America.
Small deer, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used
metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the
first definition, above.) ``Minor critics . . . can find
leisure for the chase of such small deer.'' --G. P. Marsh.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Deer, AR
Zip code(s): 72628
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Deer |
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RwdyRddyPipeHer: dun mean nothing when that rein get to jumping and that Deer get to dunking lmaooooo lupe a fool |
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JaradHannegan: Cleaning Deer. Our water went out. Great! Gotta 16hr workday tmr. Stayin at mamaw n papaws |
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wildgameforums: Maryland Releases 2009-10 Firearm Deer Season Numbers http://tinyurl.com/yapzkau |
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