deer

Significado (Inglés)

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. One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
3. The meat of such an animal; venison.
4. (obsolete) Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.

Conceptos

venado

ciervo

venado andino

a

Cervidae

cervidos

ciervo andino

corzuela andina

taruca

venado de la sierra

venado macho

corzuela

cervidae

cérvido

caribú

reno

ciervo común

corzo

artiodáctilo

ungulado

ciervos

ciervo rojo

cérvidos

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪə/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English deere, dere, der, dier, deor (“small animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal”), from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm (“living thing”), from *dʰéws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *dʰwes-.
Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“deer”), North Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), West Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), Dutch dier (“animal, beast”), German Low German Deer, Deert (“animal”), German Tier (“animal, beast”), Swedish djur (“animal, beast”), Norwegian dyr (“animal, beast”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”), Danish dyr (“animal, beast”).
Related also to Albanian dash (“ram”) (possibly), Lithuanian daũsos (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian душа́ (dušá, “breath, spirit”), Lithuanian dvėsti (“to breathe, exhale”), Sanskrit ध्वंसति (dhvaṃsati, “he falls to dust”).
For the semantic development compare Latin animālis (“animal”), from anima (“breath, spirit”).