pere david's deer

Père David's deer

n (Animals) a large grey deer, Elaphurus davidianus, surviving only in captivity as descendants of a herd preserved in the Imperial hunting park near Beijing [C20: named after Father A. David (died 1900), French missionary]

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pere david's deer - large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herdselaphure, Elaphurus davidianuscervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlersElaphurus, genus Elaphurus - a genus of Cervidae