huemul

[ wey-mool ]

/ weɪˈmul /

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noun

an endangered deer, Hippocamelus bisulcus, of Chile and Argentina.

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Also called South Andean deer, guemal .

Origin of huemul

First recorded in 1800–10; from South American Spanish (Argentina, Chile) güemul, from Araucanian huemul

Words nearby huemul

hue, hue and cry, huebnerite, hued, Huelva, huemul, Huerta, Huesca, huevos rancheros, Huey, Hueytown

How to use huemul in a sentence

(n) Like a roebuck; supposed to be the 'Huemul' mentioned by Molina.
Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836|Robert FitzRoy
I met with this animal deep inside the Cordillera, and indeed once, with consecutive shots, I killed a huemul and a guanaco.
Through the Heart of Patagonia|H. Hesketh Prichard
These wolves kill young guanaco, and I have observed them pursuing a huemul.
Through the Heart of Patagonia|H. Hesketh Prichard
So we packed up and camped that night in the end of the caadon near the spot where 165 I had shot my first huemul.
Through the Heart of Patagonia|H. Hesketh Prichard

You could see that the puma had leaped upon the huemul from a neighbouring thicket, and there had been a struggle.
Through the Heart of Patagonia|H. Hesketh Prichard