Associations to the word «Cervus»

Wiktionary

CERVUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae   — the deers.
CERVUS CANADENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae   — the elk, North American elk, wapiti.
CERVUS ELAPHUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae   — the red deer.
CERVUS ELAPHUS HIPPELAPHUS, proper noun. A taxonomic subspecies within the family Cervidae   — the European red deer.
CERVUS NIPPON, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae   — the sika deer, native to east Asia, introduced elsewhere.

Dictionary definition

CERVUS, noun. The type genus of the Cervidae.

Wise words

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Alexander Pope