black-tailed deer
[blak-teyld]
- a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
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Also blacktail deer [blak-teyl] /ˈblækˌteɪl/.
Origin of black-tailed deer
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Also called black·tail.
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