Deer (Noun)
Meaning
Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Deer, like elk and moose, have unique characteristics such as antlers that are shed and regrown each year.
- White-tailed deer can grow up to 6 feet long, and males have distinctive antlers with several points.
- Deer and other Cervidae species have adapted to survive in diverse habitats with unique adaptations such as antlers for defense.
- Fallow deer, introduced to various regions for hunting purposes, exhibit antler development with intricate branching patterns.
- Only the males of the reindeer deer species, like many other Cervidae species, have large deciduous antlers.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Elaphure
- Elk
- Moschus Moschiferus
- Reindeer
- Sika
- Rangifer Tarandus
- Cervus Nipon
- American Elk
- Odocoileus Virginianus
- Burro Deer
- White Tail
- Odocoileus Hemionus
- Cervus Sika
- Dama Dama
- Cervus Unicolor
- Capreolus Capreolus
- Moose
- Whitetail
- Barking Deer
- White-tailed Deer
- Cervus Elaphus Canadensis
- Alces Alces
- Elaphurus Davidianus
- Sambur
- Cervus Elaphus
- Greenland Caribou
- Wapiti
- Whitetail Deer