genus Cervus

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae Cervusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsCervidae, family Cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deerCervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti, American elk, elk - common deer of temperate Europe and AsiaCervus unicolor, sambar, sambur - a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tinesAmerican elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti, elk - large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the maleCervus nipon, Cervus sika, Japanese deer, sika - small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers