BARKING DEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barking deer mean? 

• BARKING DEER (noun)
  The noun BARKING DEER has 1 sense:

1. small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark

  Familiarity information: BARKING DEER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARKING DEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

barking deer; muntjac

Hypernyms ("barking deer" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("barking deer" is a member of...):

genus Muntiacus; Muntiacus (muntjacs)