Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A goatlike antelope (
Haplocerus montanus ) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called alsomountain goat .
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- noun The
mountain goat .
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- noun brockets
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The deer of Louisiana (_Cervus nemoralis_) is supposed by some to be a different species from any of the above; so also is the "mazama" of
The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850
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Endemic Olympic fauna includes: Olympic marmot Marmota olympus, Beardslee trout Salmo gairdneri beardsleei, Crescenti trout Salmo clarkii crescentis, Olympic mole Scapanus townsendi olympicus, short-tailed weasel Mustela erminea olympicus, Olympic chipmunk Tamias amoenus caurinus and Olympic mazama pocket gopher Thomomys mazama melanopes.
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