sika
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sika
1890–95; < Japanese, equivalent to si- (perhaps akin to sisi boar, game) + ka deer
Example Sentences
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The case of Nara in Japan, where the sacred sika deer have been protected for over a thousand years, illustrates the complexities of wildlife management under cultural protection.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
The other species are roe, fallow and sika.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2023
The other is in Taiwan, which received two pandas in 2008 in exchange of a pair of endangered sika deer.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Licensed hunters are now being encouraged to kill sika deer — which typically weigh 70 to 90 pounds and have a white-spotted dark brown or black coat — if they come across one.
From Fox News ● Jan. 10, 2019
The next afternoon four sika deer gave me a hard chase up and down three mountain ridges.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Roy Chapman Andrews
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