cervid
noun
cer·vid ˌˈsər-vəd 
plural cervids
: any of a family (Cervidae, the deer family) of ruminant artiodactyl mammals (such as the elk, moose, or white-tailed deer) that have solid deciduous antlers borne only by males except for the caribou in which both males and females bear antlers : deer sense 1
Antler growth in elk, as in all cervids, originates from a pedicel in the skull.
Mark Lapinski et al.
Mark Lapinski et al.
Word History
Etymology
from stem of New Latin Cervidae, family name, from Cervus, a genus of the family (going back to Latin cervus "stag, deer") + -idae -idae — more at cervine
First Known Use
circa 1889, in the meaning defined above