1. A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
   "The deer gracefully leapt over the fence";
   - cervid

Sounds like: dea

Derived forms: deer, deers

Type of: ruminant

Part of: Cervidae, family Cervidae

Encyclopedia: Deer, Howie and Zussman