Definition of Mazama

1. Noun. Brockets.

Exact synonyms: Genus Mazama
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Brocket

Definition of Mazama

1. n. A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also mountain goat.

Definition of Mazama

1. Noun. The mountain goat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mazama

maypoles
maypop
maypops
mayst
mayster
maysters
maytansine
maythorn
mayvin
mayvins
mayweed
mayweeds
mazaedia
mazaedium
mazal tov
mazama
mazamas
mazame
mazamorra
mazard
mazards
mazarinade
mazarinades
mazarine
mazarines
mazdoor
mazdoors
maze
maze learning
mazed

Literary usage of Mazama

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"Mazama. Thus far the existence of an original Mt. Mazama has been assumed. The evidence on which this assumption is based may be briefly stated as follows ..."

2. An Introduction to Physical Geography by Grove Karl Gilbert, Albert Perry Brigham (1902)
"Mount Mazama," an ideal restoration of the Crater Lake volcano. See Fig. 152 and Sec. 190. the barrier. And when a volcano becomes extinct its crater may ..."

3. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Genus Mazama Rafinesque. 1817. Mazama RAFINESQUE, American Monthly Magazine, vol. 1. p. 363. ... 1898. Mazama tema LYDEKKER, The Deer of all Lands, p. 302. ..."

4. The National Parks Portfolio by United States National Park Service, Robert Sterling Yard (1921)
"Where Mount Mazama reared his noble head, there is nothing—until you climb the ... Mount Mazama fell into itself. It is as if some vast cavern formed in the ..."

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