sika

si·ka

C0182300 (sē′kə)n. A medium-sized deer (Cervus nippon) native to East Asia but widely naturalized elsewhere, having a light to dark brown often spotted coat, a white rump patch, and antlers in the male.

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[Japanese shika, deer.]

sika

(ˈsiːkə) n (Animals) a Japanese forest-dwelling deer, Cervus nippon, having a brown coat, spotted with white in summer, and a large white patch on the rump[from Japanese shika]

si•ka

(ˈsi kə)

n., pl. -kas. a small, sometimes spotted deer, Cervus nippon, native to E Asia. [1890–95; < Japanese]

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sika - small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlersCervus nipon, Cervus sika, Japanese deercervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlersCervus, genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae