pere david's deer

1. 1.

   large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds

   SynonymselaphureElaphurus davidianus

   Broaderdeer

   Part ofElaphurus

Questions about pere david's deer

What does pere david's deer mean?

pere david's deer means "large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds".

What is another word for pere david's deer?

Close synonyms include elaphure, Elaphurus davidianus. 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 pere david's deer a common word?

pere david's 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.