26984 words

deer

2 definitions • 1 example
1
a quite large animal with four legs that eats grass and leaves. The male usually has antlers (= wide horns like branches). The female is called a hind or a doe and the male a stag or buck:

Examples:

herd of deer The park is home to a large herd of deer.
2
a large animal, the males of which have wide horns that stick out like branches, that lives in forests and eats grass and leaves

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