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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any animal of the family Cervidae; a deer.
2. 2
   distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers wordnet

Synonyms

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deerdeer

Example

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"Is the moose the largest cervid in the world?"

Etymology

From translingual Cervus + -id.

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