marsh deer EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a large South American deer, Blastocerus dichotomus, that lives in forests near rivers and swamps: an endangered species. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of marsh deer First recorded in 1890–95 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marsh deer Historical Examples of marsh deer
This species, closely allied to the marsh-deer, is of small size, standing about two feet six inches at the shoulder.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History
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