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What is a deer?

What is a deer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.
  2. (in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk.
  3. The meat of such an animal; venison.
  4. (obsolete, especially in the phrase "small deer") An animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
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Mammals such as weasels, foxes, stoats and especially roe deer can wander safely without the risk of being killed by traffic.
For the most part, East Tennessee deer are rather runtish, particularly in the antler department.
I've taken an even dozen whitetail and mule deer bucks at ranges from 20 meters to a full 80, all of which were one-shot kills.
Some rodents, especially the deer mouse, rice rat, white-footed mouse and cotton rat, may carry hantaviruses.
There should be whitetail and mule deer in abundance, and this is the most likely place to spot a golden eagle.
He tracked roe deer and wild boar, and found wolves and lynx doing the same.

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