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DEER

\dˈi͡ə], \dˈi‍ə], \d_ˈiə]\

Definitions of DEER

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A quadruped of various species, as the red-deer, elk, &c.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A fleet ruminant, as the moose, elk, and reindeer.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A quadruped of several species, as the stag, the fallow deer, &e.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

n. sing. & pl. [Anglo-Saxon] A ruminant quadruped of the genus Cervus, of several species, the males of which have branched horns, which they shed annuallyâ€”the deer hunted in England is called stag or red deer.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

That class of animals which is hunted for venison.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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