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ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Odocoileus hemionus mean? 

ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS (noun)
  The noun ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS has 1 sense:

1. long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlersplay

  Familiarity information: ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

burro deer; mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus

Hypernyms ("Odocoileus hemionus" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Odocoileus hemionus"):

black-tailed deer; blacktail; blacktail deer; Odocoileus hemionus columbianus (mule deer of western Rocky Mountains)

Holonyms ("Odocoileus hemionus" is a member of...):

genus Odocoileus; Odocoileus (North American deer)


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