deer
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
deer
- a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
- (in particular) one of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
- I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
- the meat of such an animal; venison.
- Oh, I've never had deer before.
- (obsolete, except in the phrase "small deer") an animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III. IV
- But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III. IV
- French: cerf, chevreuil
- German: Hirsch
- Italian: cervo, alce, renna, daino, capriolo, caribù
- Portuguese: veado, cervo
- Russian: оле́нь
- Spanish: ciervo, venado (Latin America)
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