'Deer' definitions:
Definition of 'deer'
From: WordNet
noun
Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers [syn: deer, cervid]
Definition of 'Deer'
From: GCIDE
- Deer \Deer\ (d[=e]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal, wild animal, AS. de['o]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d[=y]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin. [root]71.]
- 1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Mice and rats, and such small deer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The camel, that great deer. --Lindisfarne MS. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervid[ae]. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The deer hunted in England is Cervus elaphus, called also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is {Cervus dama}; the common American deer is {Cervus Virginianus}; the blacktailed deer of Western North America is Cervus Columbianus; and the mule deer of the same region is Cervus macrotis. See Axis, Fallow deer, Mule deer, Reindeer. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying, deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Deer mouse (Zool.), the white-footed mouse ({Peromyscus leucopus}, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) of America.
- Small deer, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the first definition, above.) "Minor critics . . . can find leisure for the chase of such small deer." --G. P. Marsh. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Deer'
- Deering,
- deere,
- Brown Deer,
- Deer Creek,
- Deer Grove,
- Deer Lake,
- Deer Lodge,
- Deer Park,
- Deer River,
- Deer Trail,
- Deer mouse,
- Deering, AK,
- Deering, ND,
- Eld's deer,
- Fallow deer,
- Hog deer,
- Jackass deer,
- Jumping deer,
- Lame Deer,
- Moose deer,
- Mouse deer,
- Mule deer,
- Musk deer,
- Palmed deer,
- Pampas deer,
- Small deer,
- Swamp deer,
- To break a deer,
- Water deer,
- White Deer,
- barking deer,
- blacktail deer,
- burro deer,
- deer fern,
- deer grass,
- deer hunt,
- deer hunter,
- deer hunting,
- deer mushroom,
- deer tick,
- japanese deer,
- john deere,
- red deer,
- roe deer,
- virginia deer,
- whitetail deer,
- Brown Deer, WI,
- Deer Creek, IL,
- Deer Creek, MN,
- Deer Creek, OK,
- Deer Grove, IL,
- Deer Lake, PA,
- Deer Lodge County,
- Deer Lodge, MT,
- Deer Park, CA,
- Deer Park, IL,
- Deer Park, MD,
- Deer Park, NY,
- Deer Park, OH,
- Deer Park, TX,
- Deer Park, WA,
- Deer Park, WI,
- Deer River, MN,
- Deer Trail, CO,
- Deer's-tongue,
- Deer-neck,
- Java musk deer,
- Lame Deer, MT,
- White Deer, TX,
- deer fly fever,
- deer's-ear,
- deer's-ears,
- pere david's deer,
- pygmy musk deer,
- Deer Lodge County, MT,
- black-tailed deer,
- white-tailed deer,
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County,
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT