Difference between Deer and Cervid

What is the difference between Deer and Cervid?

Deer as a noun is a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order artiodactyla while Cervid as a noun is any animal (such as the deer) of the family cervidae

Deer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla The meat of such an animal Any animal, especially a mammal.

Example sentence: I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm!

Cervid

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any animal (such as the deer) of the family Cervidae

We hope you now know whether to use Deer or Cervid in your sentence.

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