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Definition of Mule deer
1. Noun. Long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers.
Generic synonyms: Cervid, Deer
Group relationships: Genus Odocoileus, Odocoileus
Specialized synonyms: Black-tailed Deer, Blacktail, Blacktail Deer, Odocoileus Hemionus Columbianus
Definition of Mule deer
1. Noun. A deer, found in western North America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mule Deer
Literary usage of Mule deer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"mule deer, or BLACKTAIL. a deer of the western United Slates ... The mule deer
is not much taller than the Virginian deer, standing about three feet four ..."
2. Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt (1908)
"CHAPTER VII THE MULE-DEER, OR ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLACKTAIL THIS is the largest and
finest of our three smaller deer. Throughout its range it is known as the ..."
3. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Smaller than the mule deer, with relatively shorter ears and finer hair; especially
distinguished by the shorter metatarsal gland and tuft which occupy a ..."
4. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"6 feet. Odocoileus columbianus (Richardson) Description. Smaller than the mule
deer, with relatively shorter ears and finer ..."
5. Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park, as Far as Completed by New York Zoological Park (1900)
"The mule deer, (Odocoileus macrotis),—This fine animal is universally known
throughout the Rocky Mountain region, which constitutes its home, ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"The black- tailed deer never runs at full speed, but bounds with every foot from
the ground, at the same time, like the mule deer. Me sometimes inhabits the ..."
7. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1902)
"The deer are of three kinds: the common red deer, the black-tailed fallow deer,
and the mule deer. 1. The common red deer inhabit the Rocky mountains, ..."
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