Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of deer.
  • adjective Of or belonging to the family Cervidae, which includes the deer, moose, and elk.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to deer, or animals of the family Cervidæ.
  • Of a deep-tawny or fawn color; dun.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to a deer; deer-like.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or resembling deer

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin cervīnus, from cervus, deer; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin cervīnus, from cervus ("deer").

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  • Deer-like.

    December 8, 2006