cerf

Definitions of cerf
  1. noun
    a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
  2. noun
    adult male deer
    synonyms: chevreuil
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    type of:
    chevreuil, daim
    mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
  3. noun
    distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
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    élan
    large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
    chevreuil
    small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
    renne
    Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
    chevreuil
    male roe deer
    type of:
    ruminants
    any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  4. noun
    common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
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