cérvido

Definitions of cérvido
  1. noun
    distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
    synonyms: ciervo, venado
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    cervatillo, cervato
    a young deer
    ciervo
    common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
    wapití
    large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
    alce, ante
    large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
    gamo
    small Eurasian deer
    corzo
    small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
    reno
    Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
    almizclero, cabra de almizcle, cervatillo
    small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk
    ciervo
    a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
    cierva
    a female deer, especially an adult female red deer
    caribú
    any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
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    rumiante
    any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
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