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| antler |
one of a pair of solid, bony, often branched horns of the male deer and related animals. |
| big game |
large wild animals hunted for sport, such as deer, boar, or tigers. [1/2 definitions] |
| buck1 |
a fully grown male of certain animal species such as the deer, goat, rabbit, and sheep. [1/3 definitions] |
| buckhorn |
the horn of a buck deer, esp. used as a material for buttons, knife handles, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| buckskin |
the hide of a deer, esp. a male deer. [2/4 definitions] |
| caribou |
any of several large deer related to reindeer, having branched antlers in both males and females and found in the far northern regions of North America. |
| cloven hoof |
a hoof or foot divided into two parts by a cleft, characteristic of deer, sheep, and goats; cloven foot. [1/2 definitions] |
| deer |
any of a family of large, swift, hoofed mammals, such as the white-tailed deer or the reindeer, the males of which usu. have antlers that grow and are shed yearly. [2 definitions] |
| deerskin |
leather made from the hide of a deer. [1/3 definitions] |
| doe |
the female of certain mammals, such as deer and related animals, rabbits and hares, and goats. |
| doeskin |
the hide of a deer, or soft leather made of or like it. [1/2 definitions] |
| elk |
a large deer of northern Europe and Asia that has large antlers shaped like a palm with extended fingers. [2/3 definitions] |
| fallow deer |
a Eurasian deer that has a yellowish coat with white spots in summer. |
| fawn1 |
a young deer, esp. a suckling. [1/2 definitions] |
| hart |
a male deer, esp. a red deer five years or older. |
| hartshorn |
the antler of a male deer or hart, formerly a source of the ammonium carbonate used in smelling salts. |
| hind2 |
a female deer, esp. an adult red deer. [1/2 definitions] |
| hoof |
the hard horny covering that encases the foot of certain mammals such as horses, pigs, and deer. [1/5 definitions] |
| horn |
the hard, bony, hollow growths that extend, usu. in a pair, from the head of certain mammals such as cows and deer. [1/6 definitions] |
| humble pie |
formerly, a pie made from the inner parts of a hog or deer. |
| mule deer |
a long-eared deer of western North America. |
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