noun
common North American deer; tail has a white underside
• Syn: ↑white tail, ↑whitetail, ↑white-tailed deer, ↑whitetail deer, ↑Odocoileus Virginianus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Odocoileus, ↑genus Odocoileus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized V
: white-tailed deer — used especially of forms found in the eastern United States
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1. the common white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of eastern North America.
2. any related variety of white-tailed deer.
[1775-85, Amer.]
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Virginia deer,
= white-tailed deer. (Cf. ↑white-tailed deer)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.