marsh deer
noun
a large South American deer, Blastocerus dichotomus, that lives in forests near rivers and swamps: an endangered species.
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Origin of marsh deer
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby marsh deer
Marshalsea, marsh andromeda, marshbuck, marsh buggy, marsh cress, marsh deer, marsh elder, marsh fern, marsh fever, Marshfield, marsh gas
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Example sentences from the Web for marsh deer
This species, closely allied to the marsh-deer, is of small size, standing about two feet six inches at the shoulder.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood