black-tailed deer
a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
Origin of black-tailed deer
1- Also called blacktail .
- Also blacktail deer [blak-teyl]. /ˈblækˌteɪl/.
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How to use black-tailed deer in a sentence
They could be no other than the ‘black-tailed deer’ of the Rocky Mountains—the cervus macrotis described by the naturalist Say.
The Desert Home | Mayne ReidMr. Roosevelt tells us that the greatest number of black-tailed deer he ever killed in one day was three.
American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt | Edward StratemeyerAfter no little toiling he reached the dead body, and found that he had shot a rather small black-tailed deer.
Adrift in the Wilds | Edward S. EllisThere were many black-tailed deer and elk along the river, and grizzlies were to be found in the open country.
Indian Boyhood | [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. EastmanTwo black-tailed deer, with a few squirrels, and some small birds, were all the animals seen in the course of the day.
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