deer
/dɪɹ/ noun B2- A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
- Such a mammal that is in the family Cervidae.
- One of the smaller animals of the family Cervidae, distinguished from a moose or elk. · I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.· Sure, most of us hunt deer around here, but not many of us have ever hunted moose.
- The meat of such an animal, obtained through the process of hunting or from specialized deer farms; venison. · I'd never had deer before I ate dinner with the Johanssens. In time I learned to like it; its gaminess is an acquired taste.
- Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
Plural deer
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But he was off like a deer after the shot that killed poor William Kirwan was fired.
“If you wish,” said the Lion, “I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you.
“I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer, and then my jaws would rust again.”
Anne could run like a deer, however; run she did with the impish result that she overtook the boys at the door and was swept into the schoolhouse among them just as Mr.
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