sika

(redirected from sikas)
Also found in: Thesaurus.

Related to sikas: SICAS

si·ka

(sē′kə)

A medium-sized deer (Cervus nippon) native to East Asia but widely naturalized elsewhere, having a light to dark brown often spotted coat, a white rump patch, and antlers in the male.

[Japanese shika, deer.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sika

(ˈsiːkə)

(Animals) a Japanese forest-dwelling deer, Cervus nippon, having a brown coat, spotted with white in summer, and a large white patch on the rump

[from Japanese shika]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

si•ka

(ˈsi kə)

n., pl. -kas.

a small, sometimes spotted deer, Cervus nippon, native to E Asia.

[1890–95; < Japanese]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

sika - small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

Cervus nipon, Cervus sika, Japanese deer

cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

Cervus, genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Proviso East -- Thomas 3 0-0 6; Spencer 4 2-4 10; Hopson 3 0-0 6; Shorts 4 0-0 9; Sikas 3 1-2 7; Johnson 2 0-0 6; Boyle 1 0-0 2; Osboran 2 3-4 7; Stalling 2 0-0 4.

Notice

Fallow deer were introduced by the Normans for hunting purposes, while Chinese water deer, sikas and muntjacs are descendants of imported ornamental deer which have escaped from parks during the past 150 years.

GO WILDWITH ERIC PAYLOR

Elektromanyetik sensA[paragraph]rler, pasif ya da aktif optik isaretleyiciler, elektrogonyometre, palpatA[paragraph]rler, rA[paragraph]ntgen, magnetik rezonans gA[paragraph]rA1/4ntA1/4leme yA[paragraph]ntemleri gibi yA[paragraph]ntemler sikAs.a kullanilmaktadir.

Obstetrik Brakiyal Pleksus Yaralanmali Olgularda Skapular Kinematik Analiz: Vaka Serileri Calismasi/Scapular Kinematic Analysis in Children with Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury: Case Series Study

Pal Gangs (plus all the above involving plurals; eg, sakis sikas = at least four animals)

Animal and plant pals

'Sikas', alleyways, will run between the buildings, providing avenues for the public to move through.

Heritage Heart

Fortunately, the 300,000 Maryland whitetails haven't apparently been impacted by them as the sikas pretty much stick to their preferred wet habitat.

Lady anglers now can take their rods and reels on tour

(9.) Yeargin-Allsopp M, Murphy CC, Oakley GP, Sikas RK.

Screening for developmental delay: reliable, easy-to-use tools: win-win solutions for children at risk and busy practitioners

The sikas flourished, and more than 1,000 of them roam 14,000-acre Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

The top 10 refuges: from sambar in Florida to ducks in Texas, our picks for the best hunting on the national wildlife refuge system

Patience, which is key to successful hunting of any game, seems especially important when hunting sikas. And that's why last year's hunt was so special to me.

No Small Prize

Why all the fuss about habitat, food plots, and supplemental feeding: "Sikas aren't territorial and they'll move quite a bit, even as much as 9 miles," T.

Thought's on Sika Deer

This county not only sports one of the highest whitetail populations in the region, but a large number of sikas as well.

Shore Bet for Big Bucks

Yesterday, there had been multiple sika deer stags screaming all around us while waiting through two hours of pre-dawn darkness.