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giant deer

giant deer noun: the extinct Irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus, which lived during the Pleistocene.

Noun

giant deer (plural giant deer)

  1. The extinct Irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus, which lived during the Pleistocene.
    • Countless fossils of the giant deer have been unearthed from Ireland's peat bogs, and it seems that in the nineteenth century no Irish baronial manor was complete without the skull of an ‘Irish elk’ in the entrance hall.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 201
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see giant, deer.
    • They came to a bend in the trail and started around a big tree, when suddenly they came face to face with a giant deer—with two antlers, each the size of a big dog!2016 June 24, Jarles Alberg, The Adventures of Chucky and Ginger as Told to Little Cowboy, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 245

Forms of giant deer

pluralgiant deer

Questions about giant deer

What does giant deer mean?
Giant deer means the extinct Irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus, which lived during the Pleistocene.
What part of speech is giant deer?
Giant deer is a noun.
What is the plural of giant deer?
The plural of giant deer is giant deer.

Words near giant deer in the dictionary

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  2. giant coot
  3. giant coots
  4. giant daikon
  5. giant daikons
  6. giant deer
  7. giant elk
  8. giant elliptical galaxies
  9. giant elliptical galaxy
  10. giant emerald pill millipede
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