japanese deer

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   small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

   SynonymssikaCervus niponCervus sika

   Broaderdeer

   Part ofCervus

Questions about japanese deer

What does japanese deer mean?

japanese deer means "small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers".

What is another word for japanese deer?

Close synonyms include sika, Cervus nipon, 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 japanese deer a common word?

japanese 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.