cervus nipon

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   small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

   SynonymsJapanese deersikaCervus sika

   Broaderdeer

   Part ofCervus

Questions about cervus nipon

What does cervus nipon mean?

cervus nipon means "small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers".

What is another word for cervus nipon?

Close synonyms include Japanese deer, sika, Cervus sika. 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 cervus nipon a common word?

cervus nipon 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.