Meanings
nounwhite-tailed deer (plural white-tailed deer)
- A medium-sized deer found throughout most of North and Central America and northern portions of South America; Odocoileus virginianus.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncommon North American deer; tail has a white underside
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Translations
Bulgarian белоопашат елен
- белоопашат елен (beloopašat elen)type of deer
Catalan cérvol de Virgínia
- cérvol de Virgíniatype of deer
Dutch witstaarthert, strandhert
- witstaartherttype of deer
- strandherttype of deer
- savanneherttype of deer
Estonian valgesaba
- valgesabatype of deer
Finnish valkohäntäpeura
- valkohäntäpeuratype of deer
French cerf de Virginie, chevreuil
- cerf de Virginietype of deer
- chevreuiltype of deer
German Weißwedelhirsch
- Weißwedelhirschtype of deer
Irish fia earrbhán
- fia earrbhántype of deer
Italian cervo della Virginia, cervo dalla coda bianca
- cervo della Virginiatype of deer
- cervo dalla coda biancatype of deer
Portuguese suaçuapara, cariacu
- suaçuaparatype of deer
- cariacutype of deer
- veado-de-cauda-brancatype of deer
Russian белохво́стый оле́нь
- белохво́стый оле́нь (beloxvóstyj olénʹ)type of deer
Spanish venado de cola blanca, venado gris
- venado de cola blancatype of deer
- venado gristype of deer
- ciervo de cola blancatype of deer
- venado de Virginiatype of deer
- ciervo de Virginiatype of deer
Swedish vitsvanshjort
- vitsvanshjorttype of deer
Turkish ak kuyruklu geyik
- ak kuyruklu geyiktype of deer
Cite this entry
APA
white-tailed deer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-tailed%20deer
MLA
“white-tailed deer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-tailed%20deer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white-tailed deer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white-tailed%20deer.
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