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male white-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

white-tailed deer

(wīt′tāld′, hwīt′-)

A North American deer (Odocoileus virginianus) having a coat that is grayish- or reddish-brown, a tail that is white on the underside, and many-branched antlers in the male. Also called Virginia deer, whitetail.

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white-tailed deer

whitetail

(Animals) a deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of North America and N South America: the coat varies in colour, being typically reddish-brown in the summer, and the tail is white. Also called: Virginia deer

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white′-tailed`

(or white′tail) deer′,

a North American deer, Odocoileus virginianus, having a tail with a white underside.

Also called white′tail`..

[1840–50, Amer.]

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white-tailed deer - common North American deer; tail has a white underside

Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia deer, white tail, whitetail, whitetail deer

cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

genus Odocoileus, Odocoileus - North American deer

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