huemul

[ wey-mool ]

/ weɪˈmul /

a yellowish-brown deer of the genus Hippocamelus, of South America: the two species are endangered.

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Also called Andean deer, guemal.

1800–10; <American Spanish güemul<Araucanian huemul

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
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
In the preceding chapter I have given various illustrations of the natural tameness of the huemul.
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A huemul had come down to drink the preceding evening, and had been stalked by a puma and her cub.
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Many deer-tracks were visible, but we saw only one huemul buck in the edge of the forest.
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