whitetail deer
- a variation of white-tailed deer.
Example Sentences
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Mule deer, so named for their mule-like ears, inhabit the western half of North America and are generally bigger than the whitetail deer found across the continent.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
Sitting on his porch with him and his hounds this week overlooking a field where whitetail deer grazed, neighbor Larry Smith, a retired petroleum engineer, agreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Begin uptown, in Sugar Hill, the starting point for “The Visitation,” a dreamlike, impressionistic audio response to a real event: the sudden appearance of a one-antlered whitetail deer, nicknamed Lefty, in Harlem’s Jackie Robinson Park.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
The road smelled like pine, and whitetail deer roamed through back lots.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2021
We’ve got pheasants, quail, grouse, whitetail deer, you name it.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
