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CERVUS CANADENSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cervus canadensis mean?
• CERVUS CANADENSIS (noun)
The noun CERVUS CANADENSIS has 1 sense:
1. large North American deer with large much-branched antlers
Familiarity information: CERVUS CANADENSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American elk; Cervus canadensis; wapiti
Hypernyms ("Cervus canadensis" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("Cervus canadensis" is a member of...):
Cervus; genus Cervus (type genus of the Cervidae)
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