| Noun | 1. | deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlersantler - deciduous horn of a member of the deer family scut - a short erect tail flag - a conspicuously marked or shaped tail ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments pricket - male deer in his second year brocket - small South American deer with unbranched antlers withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals | |