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WHITETAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whitetail mean?
• WHITETAIL (noun)
The noun WHITETAIL has 1 sense:
1. common North American deer; tail has a white underside
Familiarity information: WHITETAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common North American deer; tail has a white underside
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Odocoileus Virginianus; Virginia deer; white-tailed deer; white tail; whitetail; whitetail deer
Hypernyms ("whitetail" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("whitetail" is a member of...):
genus Odocoileus; Odocoileus (North American deer)
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