deer

Definitions


[dɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually and typically borne only by the male


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Origin:
Old English dēor, also originally denoting any quadruped, used in the (now archaic) phrase small deer meaning ‘small creatures collectively’; of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dier, German Tier




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