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Cervus

noun

the type genus of the Cervidae

• Syn: ↑genus Cervus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cervidae, ↑family Cervidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑red deer, ↑elk, ↑American elk, ↑wapiti, ↑Cervus elaphus, ↑sambar, ↑sambur, ↑Cervus unicolor, ↑Cervus elaphus canadensis, ↑Japanese deer, ↑sika, ↑Cervus nipon, ↑Cervus sika

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\\ˈsərvəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, stag, deer — more at hart

: a genus (the type of the family Cervidae) formerly including all the deers but now limited to the larger forms (as the red deer and elk)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.