| 单词 | mule deer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmule deer mule deer n. a deer of western North America, Odocoileus hemionus, with long ears and black markings on the tail; also called black-tailed deer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Odocoileus > Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer) fallow deer1584 mule deer1805 jumping deer1806 muley1959 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 10 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 138 The year and the tail of this anamal when compared with those of the common deer, so well comported with those of the mule when compared with the horse, that we have by way of distinction adapted the appellation of the mule deer which I think much more appropriate. 1880 Scribner's Monthly May 129/1 For meat we have bacon and generally steaks or roasted ribs of elk, mule-deer or mountain sheep. 1936 D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xxxi. 265 A full grown Mule deer measures about sixty five inches from nose to tail. 1997 B. Morrow Giovanni's Gift i. 44 Farther up was superior hunting: elk, bear, and mule deer. < as lemmas |
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