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CERVUS NIPON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cervus nipon mean?
• CERVUS NIPON (noun)
The noun CERVUS NIPON has 1 sense:
1. small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
Familiarity information: CERVUS NIPON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cervus nipon; Cervus sika; Japanese deer; sika
Hypernyms ("Cervus nipon" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("Cervus nipon" is a member of...):
Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)
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