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[< (rein)deer]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any of several species of North American reindeer, genus Rangifer, native to Canada, Alaska, and formerly to Maine and Mass.
Quotations
1577
Howbeit, there is great quantitie of Deere, whose skinnes are like unto Asses, their heads or horns doe farre exceed, as wel in length as also in breadth, any in these oure partes or Countrie: their feete likewise, are as great as oure oxens, whiche we measured to be seven or eight ynches in breadth.
1696
. . . sent one cannoe up ye river to see if deer crost. . . .
1738
. . . 'tis a maxim with the natives to destroy what deer they can for the tongues alone.
1821
Three canoes came in from the North River with Deer. Report they are crossing in great Numbers.
1965
With the winds of late September driving chill from the northwest . . . the scattered deer bunch into groups once more and move toward the timberline.