mule deer

noun

a deer, Odocoileus hemionus, of western North America, having large ears and a gray coat.

Words nearby mule deer

mulciber, mulct, muldoon, mule, mule chest, mule deer, mule skinner, mule spinning, mule train, mule-ears, mule-fat

Origin of mule deer

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

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Examples from the Web for mule deer

"This" was the carcase of a mule-deer, which lay in the hollow in which Steve wanted to camp.
Gold, Gold, in Cariboo!|Clive Phillipps-Wolley
Upon it roams the buffalo, the prong-horned antelope, and the mule-deer.
The Young Voyageurs|Mayne Reid
But so long as there are homesteaders to be fended from the hill borders, the mule-deer will come back.
California|Mary Austin
Lingering along the snow-line in the mountains, and ascending and descending with it, is a species of deer known as the mule-deer.
Memoirs of Orange Jacobs|Orange Jacobs

The hunters who were out the greater part of the day brought in six elk, two buffaloe, two mule-deer and a bear.
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I.|Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

British Dictionary definitions for mule deer

mule deer

noun

a W North American deer, Odocoileus hemionus, with long ears and a black-tipped tail

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