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black-tailed deer
[ blak-teyld ]
noun
- a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black-tailed deer1
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
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Example Sentences
They could be no other than the ‘black-tailed deer’ of the Rocky Mountains—the cervus macrotis described by the naturalist Say.
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Mr. Roosevelt tells us that the greatest number of black-tailed deer he ever killed in one day was three.
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After no little toiling he reached the dead body, and found that he had shot a rather small black-tailed deer.
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There were many black-tailed deer and elk along the river, and grizzlies were to be found in the open country.
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Two black-tailed deer, with a few squirrels, and some small birds, were all the animals seen in the course of the day.
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