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black-tailed deer

American  
[blak-tayld] / ˈblækˌteɪld /
Also blacktail deer

noun

  1. a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.


Etymology

Origin of black-tailed deer

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10


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The wolves swam ashore from the mainland in 2013 and found a buffet of Sitka black-tailed deer.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 22, 2023

In November, he hunted black-tailed deer and caught shrimp in Alaska and then white-tailed deer in Nebraska; in December, he shot ducks in Louisiana.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

The remaining big trees provide critical habitat for black bear, Sitka black-tailed deer, a bird of prey called the Northern Goshawkand other species, he added.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2019

The remaining big trees provide critical habitat for brown bears, Sitka black-tailed deer, a bird of prey called the Northern Goshawk and other species, he added.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2019

Off the trails, we surprise animals—a gray fox, black-tailed deer.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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