white-tailed deer

American  

[hwahyt-teyld, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌteɪld, ˈwaɪt- /

Or whitetail deer

noun

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

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white-tailed deer British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of white-tailed deer

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

I was in and of beauty and at that precise moment a doe, a white-tailed deer, exploded out of some willows on the left side of the team, heading down the bank toward the lake.

From Literature

Animal rehabilitation networks will offer white-tailed deer, shrews, weasels, and squirrels.

From Science Magazine

"The expansion of white-tailed deer into the boreal forest has been linked to caribou declines," explains Dickie.

From Science Daily

They analyzed 100 fecal samples from white-tailed deer from different regions of the U.S., of which half have chronic wasting disease and half do not.

From Science Daily

Instead, police found a white-tailed deer inside the store, roaming down the aisles as caught on body camera.

From Washington Times