Associations to the word «Cervid»

Wiktionary

CERVID, noun. (zoology) Any animal (such as the deer) of the family Cervidae.

Dictionary definition

CERVID, noun. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats