CERVUS NIPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cervus nipon mean? 

• CERVUS NIPON (noun)
  The noun CERVUS NIPON has 1 sense:

1. small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

  Familiarity information: CERVUS NIPON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERVUS NIPON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cervus nipon; Cervus sika; Japanese deer; sika

Hypernyms ("Cervus nipon" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("Cervus nipon" is a member of...):

Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)