cervo

Definitions of cervo
  1. noun
    mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
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    placentati
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
  2. noun
    distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
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    cerbiatto
    a young deer
    daino
    small Eurasian deer
    capriolo
    small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
    renna
    Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
    type of:
    ruminante
    any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  3. noun
    adult male deer
  4. noun
    a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
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