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Key deer

–noun
a race of miniature white-tailed deer, native to the Florida Keys, where the small remaining population is kept in preserves.

Origin:
1945–50
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key deer  
n.  A nearly extinct subspecies of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) native to the Florida Keys.

[After the Florida Keys.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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