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black-tailed deer
[ blak-teyld ]
/ ˈblækˌteɪld /
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noun
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/.
Also called blacktail .
Origin of black-tailed deer
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Words nearby black-tailed deer
Black Stump, black sucker, black swallowwort, black swan, blacktail, black-tailed deer, black tar heroin, black taxi, black tea, blackthorn, black tie
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