DCHP-3

Indian deer

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of caribou (def. 1), Rangifer tarandus, of the forested areas of northern Canada.

Quotations

1795
Indian deer (the only) species found in those parts, except the moose) are so much larger than those which frequent the barren grounds to the North of Churchill River, that a small doe is equal in size to a Northern buck.