noun
mule deer of western Rocky Mountains
• Syn: ↑blacktail deer, ↑blacktail, ↑Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
• Hypernyms: ↑mule deer, ↑burro deer, ↑Odocoileus hemionus
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ noun1. : a deer (Odocoileus columbianus) of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington that is in many respects intermediate between the mule deer and the Virginia deer
2. : mule deer
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/blak"tayld'/
a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
[1800-10, Amer.]
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blackˈ-tailed deer noun
The mule deer
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Main Entry: ↑black
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black-tailed deer «BLAK TAYLD»,
a variety of the mule deer of the northwestern United States and British Columbia.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.