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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 undersideplay

  Familiarity information: WHITETAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITETAIL (noun)


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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