Cervus

Cer´vus

n.

1.

(Zool.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae       genus Cervus mammal genus - a genus of mammals Cervidae, family Cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti, American elk, elk - common deer of temperate Europe and Asia Cervus unicolor, sambar, sambur - a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti, elk - large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male Cervus nipon, Cervus sika, Japanese deer, sika - small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers