Virginia deer
Americannoun
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the common white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of eastern North America.
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any related variety of white-tailed deer.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Virginia deer
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Such has been the experience with the axis deer, the Japanese and Pekin sikas, the red and the fallow deer of Europe, and especially with the wapiti, or Rocky Mountain elk, and the Virginia deer.
From Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
The wapiti and the Virginia deer can be raised successfully and cheaply under many different conditions of food and climate.
From Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
The propagation of the Virginia deer has seldom been undertaken in a systematic way.
From Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
It was of a very dark, almost black, colour, much larger than a Virginia deer, and more lightly built, with a longer black scut.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
To the west of the range of the Virginia deer and merging with it in part, in the Pacific mountain region occur the white-tailed, black-tailed mule, and sonora deer, and perhaps other species.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
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