mule deer

mule deer

n. A brownish-gray deer (Odocoileus hemionus) of western North America, having long mulelike ears, large branching antlers in the male, and usually a white tail with a black tip.

mule deer

n (Animals) a W North American deer, Odocoileus hemionus, with long ears and a black-tipped tail

mule′ deer`

n. a deer, Odocoileus hemionus, of W North America, having large ears and a gray coat. [1795–1805, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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mule deer - long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlersburro deer, Odocoileus hemionuscervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlersgenus Odocoileus, Odocoileus - North American deerblacktail, blacktail deer, black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus - mule deer of western Rocky Mountains