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BROCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brocket mean?
• BROCKET (noun)
The noun BROCKET has 2 senses:
1. small South American deer with unbranched antlers
2. male red deer in its second year
Familiarity information: BROCKET used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small South American deer with unbranched antlers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("brocket" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("brocket" is a member of...):
genus Mazama; Mazama (brockets)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Male red deer in its second year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("brocket" is a kind of...):
American elk; Cervus elaphus; elk; red deer; wapiti (common deer of temperate Europe and Asia)
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