marsh deer

American  

noun

1. a large South American deer, Blastocerus dichotomus, that lives in forests near rivers and swamps: an endangered species.

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Etymology

Origin of marsh deer

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Images show alligators, capybaras and marsh deer fleeing from the fire, with some burned.

From Reuters • Feb. 24, 2022

At noon the marsh deer with wide-spreading antlers sought them out as the only available protection from the blistering sunlight.

From The Black Phantom by Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward)

At present, we need not worry about the marsh deer, the pampas deer, the guemal, or the venado, nor the tapir, jaguar, ocelot and bears.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

There are two or three species of deer, the most common being the large marsh deer of the Chaco; but the deer are not numerous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various