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No red deer stags with crowned points or spike antlers.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
Many were carved from the antlers of red deer, and a few were made of bones from animals like whales, reports BBC News’ Katy Prickett.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Contemporaneous red deer bones have been found with signs that suggest the same cutting techniques that are used by butchers today were deployed.
—Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
Many of the motifs depict animals: female red deer, wild horses and now-extinct oxen.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
But according to a new University of Oxford study, aging wild red deer on the Isle of Rum in Scotland choose to live in isolated locations and become less sociable.
—Erin Berge, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2022
Large herbivores such as Cape buffalo and red deer make temporary pools by creating wallows, which also interrupt wildfires.
—Curtis Abraham, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
Scotland’s largest deer species, the red deer, usually live in open-hill habitats year-round in groups of up to 40 individuals, according to the Mammal Society.
—Erin Berge, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2022
This barrow also cuts across pits containing red deer antlers, which Neolithic groups used to make tools, combs, pins, weapons and ritual objects.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of red deer was
in the 15th century
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“Red deer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20deer. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
red deer
noun
: elk sense 2
—used for one of Europe, Africa, and Asia
Geographical Definition
Red Deer
geographical name
1
river 385 miles (620 kilometers) long in southern Alberta, Canada, flowing east and southeast into the South Saskatchewan River
2
city in south central Alberta, Canada, on the Red Deer River south of Edmonton population 90,564
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