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单词 père david's deer
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Père David's deer

[ pair dah-veedz, pair -dey-vidz ]
/ ˈpɛər dɑˈvidz, ˌpɛər ˈdeɪ vɪdz /

noun

a medium-sized, reddish-gray deer, Elaphurus davidianus, of which stocks were obtained in Beijing (formerly, Peking) in 1865 and brought to parks in Europe before the remaining Chinese deer were killed in 1900: the species is sustained in captivity.

Origin of Père David's deer

First recorded in 1895–1900; named after Père Armand David (1826–1900), French missionary, the deer's first European observer

Words nearby Père David's deer

perdu, perdurable, perdure, père, Perea, Père David's deer, peregrinate, peregrination, peregrine, peregrine falcon, pereion
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British Dictionary definitions for Père David's deer

Père David's deer

noun

a large grey deer, Elaphurus davidianus, surviving only in captivity as descendants of a herd preserved in the Imperial hunting park near Beijing

Word Origin for Père David's deer

C20: named after Father A. David (died 1900), French missionary
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