sika

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.

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[Japanese shika, deer.]

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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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Noun

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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