JAPANESE DEER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

Synonyms:

Cervus nipon; Cervus sika; Japanese deer; sika

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Japanese deer" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("Japanese deer" is a member of...):

Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)

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