Deer

[AS.] A family of ruminating animals, with slender limbs, and large antlers or horns on the head of the male animal. These are solid, and are shed annually in the spring; but new ones grow rapidly and send out branches, so that in a few months the deer has another pair of horns, each year’s antlers increasing in size till the seventh year, after which they get smaller. The deer feed on vegetable substances, and they are wont to swallow large quantities without