white tail

Other forms: white tails

Definitions of white tail
  1. noun
    common North American deer; tail has a white underside
    synonyms: Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia deer, white-tailed deer, whitetail, whitetail deer
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    type of:
    cervid, deer
    distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
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