brocket (redirected from Brocket deer)

brock·et  (brkt)

n.

1. A two-year-old red deer with its first horns.

2. Any of several small South American deer of the genus Mazama, having short unbranched horns.

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[Middle English broket, from Old French brocard, from broque, animal's horn, dialectal variant of broche, spit; see broach¹.]

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brocket [ˈbrɒkɪt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small deer of the genus Mazama, of tropical America, having small unbranched antlers

[from Anglo-French broquet, from broque horn, from Vulgar Latin brocca (unattested); see broach¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brocket - small South American deer with unbranched antlers cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers genus Mazama, Mazama - brockets
	2.	brocket - male red deer in its second year Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti, American elk, elk - common deer of temperate Europe and Asia