deer
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,871 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 46,110 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers also: cervid
deer in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Deer stared in wide-eyed amazement at the early settlers.
A Mountain Boyhood · Joe Mills · Chapter 1
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And then Snowball saw the face of Nimble Deer beneath them.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb · Arthur Scott Bailey · Chapter 1
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Or who comes here to chase the deer, Beloved of our Elfin Queen?
Narrative and Lyric Poems (First Series) for Use in the Lower School · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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This animal is perhaps the only kind of deer whose general appearance can be called ungraceful.
An Alphabet of Quadrupeds · Anonymous · Chapter 1
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Now at a little rise in the wood a herd of deer came grazing by, distant full fivescore yards.
Robin Hood · J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden · Chapter 1