deerish

comparative more deerish · superlative most deerish

1. Characteristic of a deer; like a deer.

   Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)

   3 more examples

   Then Jim spoke in a guarded tone. "I don't see a thing except a jay and some bushtits. Do you?" "No, I haven't seen a thing that looks deerish. I guess we drew a blank this trip. […] "

   1919, The Boy Scouts' Year Book

   Twice a day the caribou was dressed in bells and led outside to pretend (with other deerish peers) that they had some vested interest in a fat man.

   2011, Jim Hanas, Chris Eaton, Natalee Caple, Joyland Trio Deal

   He also had a deerish look of bewildered innocence, as if, after all this time, he still couldn't comprehend his circumstances.

   2014, Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman, The Accelerati Trilogy, Book One: Tesla's Attic

   Synonyms: deerlike, cervine, cervoid, cervid