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red deer

/ɹɛd dɪə/US/ɹɛd dɪɹ/

red deer noun: a species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.

red deer: a species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia
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Noun

red deer (plural red deer or red deers)

  1. A species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.
  2. (dated) The wapiti or North American elk, Cervus canadensis, a deer species of North America, long believed to be a subspecies of the European red deer.

Proper noun capitalized: Red Deer

Red Deer

  1. A city in Alberta, Canada, the centre of Red Deer County.

red deer meaning in Tamil

red deer in Tamil

சிவப்பு மான்

Forms of red deer

pluralred deer
pluralred deers

Origin of red deer

A translation of Cree ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ (waskasoo siipiy, “elk creek”), mistranslated by British fur traders as red deer river after mistaking elk for European red deer. The mistranslated name was used to name the Red Deer River which served as the namesake for the original settlement.

Words formed from red deer

Questions about red deer

What does red deer mean?
Red deer means a species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.
What is red deer in Tamil?
Red deer in Tamil is சிவப்பு மான். See Red deer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is red deer?
Red deer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce red deer?
Red deer is pronounced /ɹɛd dɪɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of red deer?
The plural of red deer is red deer.

Words near red deer in the dictionary

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  2. red day
  3. red days
  4. red dead man's fingers
  5. red dead-nettle
  6. red deer
  7. Red Deer County
  8. red deers
  9. red delicious
  10. red deliciouses
  11. red detuning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red deer (page history and authors); Red Deer (page history and authors); red deer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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