sika

si·ka

 (sē′kə)

n.

A medium-sized deer (Cervus nippon) native to East Asia but widely naturalized elsewhere, having a light to dark brown often spotted coat, a white rump patch, and antlers in the male.

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[Japanese shika, deer.]

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sika

(ˈsiːkə)

n

(Animals) a Japanese forest-dwelling deer, Cervus nippon, having a brown coat, spotted with white in summer, and a large white patch on the rump

[from Japanese shika]

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si•ka

(ˈsi kə)

n., pl. -kas.

a small, sometimes spotted deer, Cervus nippon, native to E Asia.

[1890–95; < Japanese]

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sika - small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers Cervus nipon, Cervus sika, Japanese deer cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers Cervus, genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae

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