Definition of Deerlike

1. Adjective. Resembling a deer or some aspect of one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deerlike

1. deer [adj] - See also: deer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deerlike

deerflies
deerfly
deergut
deerhood
deerhorn
deerhorns
deerhound
deerhounds
deerite
deerlet
deerlets
deerlick
deerlicks
deerlike (current term)
deermeat
deers
deerskin
deerskins
deerslayer cap
deerslayer caps
deerslayer hat
deerstalker
deerstalker cap
deerstalker hat
deerstalker hats
deerstalkers
deerstalking
deerweed

Literary usage of Deerlike

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

1. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1881)
"... and many a breeder now dates his taste for the breed, apart from the butter question, from having seen the beautiful deerlike creatures in ..."

2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"... marriage than before, less confident that all things are according to her opinion, and yet with less of deerlike shyness, — more fully a human being. ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"I like spirit in a pony. He's gentle enough with it, I'm sure." She stepped up to the startled creature, which eyed her with its large, deerlike eyes, ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"And lo ! all bright in hunter's green, a plume Of eagle feathers nodding as he bounds deerlike into the glade, with bow and arrows Arm'd, but no savage ..."

5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"The upper part, extraordinarily broad between the eyes, was deerlike in its gentle serenity, but the lower part, very narrow in comparison, ..."

6. Organic Evolution: A Text Book by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"The very large deerlike elk are adult in two years, but may continue to increase in size for a longer period; whilst in them as in other deer, ..."

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