white-tailed deer

Or white·tail deer

[hwahyt-teyld, wahyt-]

noun

1. a common North American deer, Odocoileus virginianus, having a tail with a white underside.

white-tailed deer

noun

1. Also called: Virginia deer. a deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of North America and N South America: the coat varies in colour, being typically reddish-brown in the summer, and the tail is white

Word History and Origins

Origin of white-tailed deer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50