Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two species of very small deer (Pudu mephistophiles or P. puda) native to South America, having a stocky reddish-brown body and short, unbranched antlers in the male.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The venada, Cervus pudu or Pudua humilis, a Chilian deer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A very small deer (
Pudua humilis ), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A very small South American
deer of the genus Pudu, native to the Andes.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Elsewhere in lower forests, spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus (VU), giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis (EN) jaguar Panthera onca, ocelot Felis pardalis, margay F. wiedii, lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris (VU), white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus clavium, brocket deer Mazama rufina and northern pudu deer Pudu mephistophiles, and are found.
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AND pudu--a funny little deer see one here where am I?
Snape, letter P asakiyume 2006
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But wherever it is found, the pudu is mercilessly hunted, and captive rearing might be the only way to save its populations from extinction.
26 Mouse Deer 1991
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Given research, mouse deer, muntjac, musk deer, pudu, brocket, huemul, and water deer, as well as half a dozen small antelope, might prove to have considerable potential.
26 Mouse Deer 1991
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The pudu (pronounced "poo-doo") is native to temperate forests of the Andean region.
26 Mouse Deer 1991
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There are two species: Pudu pudu is distributed in parts of southern Bolivia and throughout much of southern Chile nearly to the Straits of Magellan.
26 Mouse Deer 1991
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The 'pudu kavidai' ( 'new poetry') of half-a-century ago did away with formal poetics.
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Linen shirts, check shorts, cargo pants, shirts, denim and more are on sale. pudu. com.au.
unknown title 2009
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The Patagonian forests are complex and mystical with huge cypress trees and pudu-pudu, a deer that's only 20 inches tall.
Brave New Traveler 2009
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ROYAL OAK - The Detroit Zoo's mustsee list of baby animals has grown by one with birth of a male pudu, the world's smallest species of deer.
unknown title 2009
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