JAPANESE DEER

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese deer mean? 

• JAPANESE DEER (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE DEER has 1 sense:

1. small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE DEER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE DEER (noun)

Meaning:

Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cervus nipon; Cervus sika; Japanese deer; sika

Hypernyms ("Japanese deer" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("Japanese deer" is a member of...):

Cervus; genus Cervus (type genus of the Cervidae)