black-tailed deer

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   mule deer of western Rocky Mountains

   Synonymsblacktail deerblacktailOdocoileus hemionus columbianus

   Broadermule deer

Questions about black-tailed deer

What does black-tailed deer mean?

black-tailed deer means "mule deer of western Rocky Mountains".

What is another word for black-tailed deer?

Close synonyms include blacktail deer, blacktail, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black-tailed deer a common word?

black-tailed deer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.