marsh deer

noun

1. a large South American deer, Blastocerus dichotomus, that lives in forests near rivers and swamps: an endangered species.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marsh deer¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The largest of these is the marsh deer (C. paludosus), which in size resembles its European congeners.

From Project Gutenberg

There are two or three species of deer, the most common being the large marsh deer of the Chaco; but the deer are not numerous.

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This species, closely allied to the marsh-deer, is of small size, standing about two feet six inches at the shoulder.

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At noon the marsh deer with wide-spreading antlers sought them out as the only available protection from the blistering sunlight.

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