deer

Definition von deer im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.; The meat of such an animal
Oh I've never had deer before.; Any animal, especially a mammal
But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year. -Shakespeare, King Lear. Act III. Sc. IV.; {n} a fine forest-animal hunted for venison; Sitka blacktail; Southeast, Kodiak, Prince William Sound; The antlered herbivores of the family Cervidæ Represented in the North Country by the Moose (Alces alces), the White Tail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and, farther north, the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus); White-tailed deer and mule deer; A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidæ; {i} any of a number of large hoofed mammals (usually the males have deciduous antlers); Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison; distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers; The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually; A deer is a large wild animal that eats grass and leaves. A male deer usually has large, branching horns. Word History: In various Middle English texts one finds a fish, an ant, or a fox called a der, the Middle English ancestor of our word deer. In its Old English form dēor, our word referred to any animal, including members of the deer family, and continued to do so in Middle English, although it also acquired the specific sense "a deer." By the end of the Middle English period, around 1500, the general sense had all but disappeared. Deer is a commonly cited example of a semantic process called specialization, by which the range of a word's meaning is narrowed or restricted. When Shakespeare uses the expression "mice and rats, and such small deer" for Edgar's diet in King Lear, probably written in 1605, we are not sure whether deer has the general or the specific sense. It is interesting to note that the German word Tier, the cognate of English deer, still has the general sense of "animal.". Any of the ruminants in the family Cervidae, which have two large and two small hooves on each foot and antlers on the males of most species and on the females of some species. Deer live mainly in forests but may be found in deserts, tundra, and swamps and on high mountainsides. They are native to Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and northern Africa and have been introduced widely elsewhere. Females are usually called does, and males bucks. Deer range in shoulder height from the 12-in. (30-cm) pudu (genus Pudu) to the 6.5-ft (2-m) moose. They typically have a compact body, short tail, and long, slender ears. They shed their antlers each year, and new ones grow in. The general form of the antler varies among species. Deer feed on grass, twigs, bark, and shoots. They are hunted for their meat, hides, and antlers. See also caribou, elk, mule deer, muntjac, red deer, roe deer, white-tailed deer. mouse deer barking deer deer mouse mule deer red deer roe deer white tailed deer Virginia deer; Any animal; especially, a wild animal
deer in the headlights: A mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety fear, panic, surprise and/or confusion, or substance abuse. The behavioral signs are like a deer subjected to a car's headlights, such as widely opened eyes and a lack of motor reactions
deer meat: The meat or flesh of a deer, used especially for food; venison
deer stalker: One who deer stalks
deer stalking: The hunting of deer by stalking, or stealing upon them unawares. One who deer stalks is known as a deer stalker
deer tick: A hard-bodied tick of the scientific name Ixodes scapularis of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States
deer ticks: plural form of deer tick
deer fern: fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse
deer fly fever: rabbit fever, tularemia, bacterial disease in animals which can be transmitted to humans by insects or by handling infected animals (symptoms include fever)
deer grass: any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America
deer hunter: hunter of deer
deer hunting: hunting deer
deer lick: {i} piece of ground which is salty naturally or artificially where deer come to lick
deer mouse: brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus
deer mouse: A North American mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) having white feet and underparts, and a long, bicolored tail. or white-footed mouse Any of about 60 species (genus Peromyscus, family Cricetidae) of small, delicate rodents that are active at night and are found in habitats from Alaska to South America. They often outnumber all other mammals in an area. Deer mice are 3-6.5 in. (8-17 cm) long (excluding the long tail) and have large eyes, soft fur, and relatively large ears. Colours range from white to brown or blackish, with white underparts and feet. They eat plant and animal matter and nest in burrows or trees. Clean, easily cared for, and prolific, they are often used as laboratory animals
deer mushroom: a small edible agaric with a slender stalk; usually found on rotting hardwoods
deer stalker: {i} type of hunter's cap
deer tick: Any of several ticks of the genus Ixodes that are parasitic on deer and other animals and transmit the infectious agents of febrile diseases, such as Lyme disease
deer trail: a trail worn by the passage of deer
deer-hound: Scottish hunting dog
Père David's deer: A species of deer known only in captivity, which prefers marshland and is believed to be native to the subtropics of China
Schomburgk's deer: An extinct deer (Cervus schomburgki) once native to south-east Asia, having a dark brown coat and lighter belly, a short mane and basket-like antlers in the male
fallow deer: A ruminant mammal (Dama dama) belonging to the family Cervidae
fallow-deer: Attributive form of fallow deer, noun
mule deer: A deer, found in western North America
red deer: Browsing mammal, animal with antlers, Cervus elaphus
red-deer: Attributive form of red deer, noun
roe deer: A small deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions (Capreolus capreolus)
roe-deer: Attributive form of roe deer, noun
rusa deer: Cervus timorensis, a species of deer native to the islands of Java
white-tailed deer: A medium-sized deer found throughout most of North and Central America and northern portions of South America; Odocoileus virginianus
lame deer: Lame Deer, (in Lakota Tahca Ushte; 1900 or 1903-1976, sources differ), also known as John Fire, John (Fire) Lame Deer and later The Old Man, was a Lakota holy man. He belonged to the Heyoka society
Persian fallow deer: {i} large fallow-deer with big antlers found southern Iran
Red Deer: A city of south-central Alberta, Canada, on the Red Deer River north of Calgary. It is a trade center in a farm and dairy region. Population: 46,393. Species of deer (Cervus elaphus), sometimes called elk, native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is found in woodlands and hunted for sport and food. Red deer live in sexually segregated herds except in the breeding season, when males (harts) fight for harems of females (hinds). Red deer stand about 4 ft (1.2 m) high at the shoulder. The coat is reddish brown, with lighter underparts and a light rump. The hart has long, regularly branched antlers bearing 10 or more tines. There are several endangered subspecies. See also wapiti
Red Deer River: A river rising in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Alberta, Canada, and flowing about 619 km (385 mi) generally east across the province into the South Saskatchewan River just across the Saskatchewan border
The Deer Hunter: 1978 American film directed by Michael Cimino (starring Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken and John Savage)
a deer: rascal
axis deer: A deer (Axis axis) of central Asia, having a brown coat with white spots
black-tailed deer: mule deer of western Rocky Mountains
fallow deer: small Eurasian deer
fallow deer: A fallow deer is a small deer that has a reddish coat which develops white spots in summer. A small Eurasian deer (Dama dama) having a yellowish-red coat spotted with white in summer and broad, flattened antlers in the male. a small European deer which is yellowish brown with white spots
fallow deer: A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer
fallow deer: In summer both sexes are spotted with white
fallow deer: It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks
fallow-deer: {i} small deer native to Europe and Asia
japanese deer: small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
key deer: A nearly extinct subspecies of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) native to the Florida Keys
mule deer: A brownish-gray deer (Odocoileus hemionus) of western North America, having long mulelike ears, large branching antlers in the male, and a black-tipped tail. Also called black-tailed deer. Large-eared deer (Odocoileus hemionus) of western North America that lives alone or in small groups at high altitudes in summer and lower altitudes in winter. Mule deer stand 3-3.5 ft (90-105 cm) and are yellowish brown in summer, grayish brown in winter. The tail is white with a black tip, except on the black-tailed deer (O. h. columbianus), a Pacific Northwest subspecies. The male's antlers fork twice above a short tine near the base; a mature male normally has five tines on each antler. It is related to the white-tailed deer
mule deer: long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers
musk deer: A small antlerless deer (Moschus moschiferus) of the mountainous regions of central and northeast Asia, the male of which secretes musk
musk deer: small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk
pere david's deer: large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds
red deer: common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
roe deer: greyish-brown deer that lives on the Carmel mountain ridge
roe deer: small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
roe deer: A roe deer is a small deer which lives in woods in Europe and Asia. A rather small, delicately formed Eurasian deer (Capreolus capreolus) having short branched antlers in the male and a brownish coat. roe deer a small European and Asian deer that lives in forests. Almost tailless Eurasian deer (Capreolus capreolus), found in small family groups in lightly forested regions. It stands 26-34 in. (66-86 cm) at the shoulder. Its coat is reddish brown in summer and grayish brown, with a conspicuous white rump patch, in winter. The male has short, usually three-tined antlers roughened at the base. When alarmed, the deer barks like a dog
virginia deer: common North American deer; tail has a white underside
water deer: The water chevrotain
water deer: A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis)
water deer: Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks
white-tailed deer: or Virginia deer Common reddish brown deer (Odocoileus virginianus), an important game animal found alone or in small groups from southern Canada to South America. The tail, white on the underside, is held aloft when the deer is alarmed or running. The male has forwardly curved antlers with several unbranched tines. Northern white-tailed deer grow up to 3.5 ft (107 cm) tall and weigh up to 400 lbs (180 kg). The white-tailed deer lives in open woodlands (young and cutover forests) and on the fringes of urban areas and farmlands, and eats leaves, twigs, fruits, nuts, lichen, and fungi
young deer: immature male deer

deer

Türkische aussprache

dîr

Synonyme

buck, stag, doe, fawn, hart, venison

Aussprache

/ˈdər/ /ˈdɪr/

Etymologie

[ 'dir ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English der (“small animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal, beast”), from Proto-Germanic *deuzan (compare West Frisian/Dutch dier, German Tier, Norwegian dyr), from Proto-Indo-European *dheusom 'living thing' (compare Albanian dash 'ram', Lithuanian pl. daũsos 'paradise'), from *dheus- 'to breathe' (compare Lithuanian dùsti 'to sigh', Russian душа (dušá) 'breath; spirit'). For semantic development compare Latin animalis 'animal', from anima 'breath, spirit'.