Definition of Deer

1. Noun. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.

Exact synonyms: Cervid
Terms within: Antler, Scut, Flag, Withers
Generic synonyms: Ruminant
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Specialized synonyms: Pricket, Fawn, American Elk, Cervus Elaphus, Elk, Red Deer, Wapiti, Cervus Unicolor, Sambar, Sambur, American Elk, Cervus Elaphus Canadensis, Elk, Wapiti, Cervus Nipon, Cervus Sika, Japanese Deer, Sika, Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia Deer, White Tail, White-tailed Deer, Whitetail, Whitetail Deer, Burro Deer, Mule Deer, Odocoileus Hemionus, Alces Alces, Elk, European Elk, Moose, Dama Dama, Fallow Deer, Capreolus Capreolus, Roe Deer, Caribou, Greenland Caribou, Rangifer Tarandus, Reindeer, Brocket, Barking Deer, Muntjac, Moschus Moschiferus, Musk Deer, Elaphure, Elaphurus Davidianus, Pere David's Deer

Definition of Deer

1. n. sing. & pl. Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

Definition of Deer

1. Noun. (context: zoology) a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family ''Cervidae'' or one of several similar animals from related families of the order ''Artiodactyla'' ¹

2. Noun. The meat of such an animal ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) Any animal, especially a mammal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deer

1. a ruminant mammal [n -S] : DEERLIKE [adj]

Medical Definition of Deer

1. 1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. "Mice and rats, and such small deer." (Shak) "The camel, that great deer." (Lindisfarne MS) 2. 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. 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. 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, 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." Origin: OE. Der, door, animal, wild animal, AS. Deor; akin to D. Dier, OFries. Diar, G. Thier, tier, Icel. Dr, Dan. Dyr, Sw. Djur, Goth. Dius; of unknown origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deer

deepmost
deepness
deepnesses
deeps
deepthroated
deepthroating
deepthroats
deepwater
deepwater cardinalfish
deepwater habitat
deepwater pipefish
deepwater prawn
deepwater prawns
deepwater squirrelfish
deer (current term)
deer's-ear
deer's-ears
deer's-tongue
deer-fly disease
deer-fly fever
deer-neck
deer-necks
deer-skin
deer-skins
deer fern
deer fly
deer fly fever
deer hunt

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