Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various hoofed mammals of the family Cervidae, which includes the deer, moose, and elk. Most male cervids grow antlers that are shed each year.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ruminant of the family Cervidæ, as a deer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any member of the family
Cervidae , a type of deer distinguished from theBovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any animal (such as the
deer ) of the familyCervidae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Date: August 25, 2007 at 12: 42 pm PST our results raise the possibility that CJD cases classified as VV1 may include cases caused by iatrogenic transmission of sCJD-MM1 prions or food-borne infection by type 1 prions from animals, e.g., chronic wasting disease prions in cervid.
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Date: August 25, 2007 at 12: 42 pm PST our results raise the possibility that CJD cases classified as VV1 may include cases caused by iatrogenic transmission of sCJD-MM1 prions or food-borne infection by type 1 prions from animals, e.g., chronic wasting disease prions in cervid.
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CWD is a TSE/prion disease present in wild and domestic cervid populations of North America.
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The existence of cervid prion protein variants raises the likelihood of distinct CWD strains.
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The existence of cervid prion protein variants raises the likelihood of distinct CWD strains.
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CWD is a TSE/prion disease present in wild and domestic cervid populations of North America.
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Now that that's out of the way I can move on to a more masculine cervid.
Opener Eve 2008
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I was wondering if that was just a cervid thing having killed mostly deer, elk, and pigs or if the authors were off base.
Cloacal Obsession Walter Jon Williams 2008
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A large wooden throne centered on each of the four walls, each topped with the mount of a large, native cervid.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2008
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It is from a small-sized ruminant, most probably a cervid, genus Procervulus.
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