deer
(dɪəʳ )
Word forms: deer
countable noun B2
A deer is a large wild animal that eats grass and leaves. A male deer usually has large, branching horns.
He likes to watch deer frolic in his garden.
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Collocations:
deer fence wild deer
The property, surrounded by a deer fence, comes with automated gates and full camera surveillance.
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However, not every landowner can simply erect a deer fence.
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The trees are currently within a deer fence which will be extended - delivery of materials by helicopter will be necessary due to the remoteness of the location.
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In the fall, they set up deer fences, sometimes 3040 miles long, used to drive migrating caribou toward waiting hunters armed with bows and arrows.
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Its two bedrooms sleep up to four people and there are wild deer in the surrounding countryside.
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Another reason for the increase is the growing number of wild deer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The natural foraging diet of wild deer ranges from heather and shrubs to herbaceous parkland.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Yes, but only wild deer which are cloven-footed can be infected with, carry and spread the virus.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Translations:
Chinese: 鹿
Japanese: シカ
- Jun.
- junction
- juncture
- June
- jungle
- jungle animal
- jungle clearing
- jungle floor
- jungle foliage
- jungle habitat
- jungle lodge
- jungle terrain
- jungle trail
- jungle trekking
- jungle walk
- junior
- junior assistant
- junior barrister
- junior championship
- junior circuit
- junior colleague
- junior college
- junior competition
- junior creditor
- junior division