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si·ka
(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.
[Japanese shika, deer.]
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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]
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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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Noun | 1. | sika - small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers Cervus, genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae |
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