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white-tailed deer
[ hwahyt-teyld, wahyt- ]
noun
- a common North American deer, Odocoileus virginianus, having a tail with a white underside.
white-tailed deer
noun
- a deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of North America and N South America: the coat varies in colour, being typically reddish-brown in the summer, and the tail is white Also calledVirginia deer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white-tailed deer1
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Example Sentences
Later a herd of large white-tailed deer trooped up the hollow.
Deer and bear signs were plenty, and in a few cases white-tailed deer were seen, but none were killed.
Many and diverse the madnesses of the time, but none more insane than the rut of the white-tailed deer.
At such times they may be seen mixed with black-and-white-tailed deer, low on a river-bank.
The most familiar species is the common American deer, of which the Virginia or white-tailed deer is the type.
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