Key deer

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noun

a subspecies of miniature white-tailed deer, native to the Florida Keys, where the small remaining population is kept in preserves.

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Origin of Key deer

First recorded in 1945–50

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The girl smiled, and drew out a large key, and nodded, still smiling as she replaced it.
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