ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elaphurus davidianus mean? 

• ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS (noun)
  The noun ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS has 1 sense:

1. large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds

  Familiarity information: ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS used as a noun is very rare.

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• ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

elaphure; Elaphurus davidianus; pere david's deer

Hypernyms ("Elaphurus davidianus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Elaphurus davidianus" is a member of...):

Elaphurus; genus Elaphurus (a genus of Cervidae)