Definition of Cervid
1. Noun. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
Terms within: Antler, Scut, Flag, Withers
Generic synonyms: Ruminant
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Specialized synonyms: Pricket, Fawn, American Elk, Cervus Elaphus, Elk, Red Deer, Wapiti, Cervus Unicolor, Sambar, Sambur, American Elk, Cervus Elaphus Canadensis, Elk, Wapiti, Cervus Nipon, Cervus Sika, Japanese Deer, Sika, Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia Deer, White Tail, White-tailed Deer, Whitetail, Whitetail Deer, Burro Deer, Mule Deer, Odocoileus Hemionus, Alces Alces, Elk, European Elk, Moose, Dama Dama, Fallow Deer, Capreolus Capreolus, Roe Deer, Caribou, Greenland Caribou, Rangifer Tarandus, Reindeer, Brocket, Barking Deer, Muntjac, Moschus Moschiferus, Musk Deer, Elaphure, Elaphurus Davidianus, Pere David's Deer
Definition of Cervid
1. Noun. (zoology) Any animal (such as the deer) of the family Cervidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cervid
1. of the deer family [adj]
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Literary usage of Cervid
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1. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1883)
"THE NORTH AMERICAN cervid^E. GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, PH. D. THE deer family includes
the most important of our large game animals. ..."
2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"cervid/E—THE DEER. Of the horned ruminants these are the most interesting.
In all parts of the world, Old and New, save the great continental island of ..."
3. Wild Beasts and Their Ways: Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America by Samuel White Baker (1890)
"... CHAPTER XXIII cervid.-E (continued) NEXT to the red-deer is the fallow-deer (Cen'us
dama). ... cervid ..."
4. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by Erik Maijaard (2005)
"Payne et al. (1985) and Augeri (in prep.) reported altitudinal range differences
within both the Table 9. Changes in cervid and ..."
5. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"cervid.aE, OR THE DEER TRIBE. THE animals of this great group, celebrated for
their beauty, vigour, and speed, are spread very extensively, each quarter of ..."
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