cervid

cervid [ˈsɜːvɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae, including the deer, characterized by the presence of antlers

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Cervidae

[from New Latin Cervidae, from Latin cervus deer]

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cervid  (sûrvd)

Any of various hoofed mammals of the family Cervidae, which includes the deer and elk. Male cervids typically grow antlers that are shed yearly.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cervid - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers deer antler - deciduous horn of a member of the deer family scut - a short erect tail flag - a conspicuously marked or shaped tail ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments Cervidae, family Cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer pricket - male deer in his second year fawn - a young 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 Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia deer, white tail, white-tailed deer, whitetail, whitetail deer - common North American deer; tail has a white underside burro deer, mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus - long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers Alces alces, elk, European elk, moose - large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America Dama dama, fallow deer - small Eurasian deer Capreolus capreolus, roe deer - small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer - Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America brocket - small South American deer with unbranched antlers barking deer, muntjac - small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark Moschus moschiferus, musk deer - small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk elaphure, Elaphurus davidianus, pere david's deer - large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals