noun
long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers
• Syn: ↑burro deer, ↑Odocoileus hemionus
• Hyponyms: ↑black-tailed deer, ↑blacktail deer, ↑blacktail, ↑Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Odocoileus, ↑genus Odocoileus
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noun : a long-eared deer of western No. America (Odocoileus hemionus syn. Cariacus macrotis) that is larger and more heavily built than the Virginia deer — called also black-tailed deer
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a deer, Odocoileus hemionus, of western North America, having large ears and a gray coat.
[1795-1805, Amer.]
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mule deer noun
A long-eared, black-tailed deer of N America
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Main Entry: ↑mule
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mule deer,
a deer of western North America having long ears, large, branching antlers, and a white tail with a black tip. It is related and similar to the white-tailed deer. A mule deer of the Pacific coast, the black-tailed deer, has a black tail with a white tip.
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n. a western North American deer with large ears. The mule deer of the Rocky Mountains has a black tipped tail; the subspecies of the northwest Pacific coast (blacktail deer.) has a tail with a blackish upper side. ● Odocoileus hemionus, family Cervidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.