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deer
/dɪɹ/
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What does deer mean?
noun
- A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
- Such a mammal that is in the family Cervidae.
- One of the smaller animals of the family Cervidae, distinguished from a moose or elk.
More meanings (5)
noun
- The meat of such an animal, obtained through the process of hunting or from specialized deer farms; venison.
- Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
proper noun
- Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: See New Deer and Old Deer.
- A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
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On my way to Fochabers I passed through many thousand acres of Fir timber, and saw many deer running in these woods.’
Berries and plums abound in season, and quail and grouse and deer—the magnificent shaggy mule deer as well as the common species.
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Now we all saw the brave Wacoota fairly bent over by his burden, a large deer which he carried on his shoulders.
Kind ghosts pitied the unhappy hunter and led him to the newly slain deer, that his children should not cry for food.
"Stop," says our militia captain, to his men--"stop, and you will see the deer, dogs and huntsmen, as they cross the road."