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Definition of Cervus
1. Noun. The type genus of the Cervidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: 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
Definition of Cervus
1. n. A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cervus
Literary usage of Cervus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"Fig. 4 corresponds almost exactly with PI. xviii. Fig 5, the third of the series
of antlers selected by Prof. Blasius as typical of Cervus dama. ..."
2. Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their by Richard Owen (1861)
"It is the Cervus martialis of Gervais ; and seems to have been an ... Harlau),
much resembling the Wapiti (Cervus canadensis) have been found in ..."
3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1830)
"In this paper, it is my intention to give a condensed view of what is actually
known relative to the history of the Cervus ..."
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