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sika

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si·ka  (sk)
n.
A medium-sized deer (Cervus nippon) native to Japan and China but naturalized in Europe and other countries, having a small head, compact body, and mostly spotted reddish or chestnut coat. Several of its subspecies are endangered in the wild.

[Japanese shika, deer.]

sika [ˈsiːkə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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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Noun1.sikasika - small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
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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