different between pronghorn vs deer

English

Etymology

From prong +? horn.

Noun

pronghorn (plural pronghorn or pronghorns)

1. A North American mammal, Antilocapra americana, that resembles an antelope.
   • 2002, National Research Council, Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range, unnumbered page,

     If historical records are accurate, the current population of about 250 pronghorn in the northern range is less than 15% of that in the early 1900s (YNP 1997) (Figure 4–7).

   • 2009, John A. Byers, Built for Speed: A Year in the Life of Pronghorn, page 6,

     When a pronghorn breaks into an easy, rocking canter (a 30 miles per hour pace that it can keep up indefinitely), the humerus swings back and forth over just a few inches with each stride. Only when a pronghorn stretches into a gallop does the humerus appear to be swinging freely, and then the hoof travels several yards with each stride.

   • 2011, Ted L. Clark, 13: Wildlife Management Programs, Goals, and Issues: The State Perspective, 1990, Raymond C. Telfair II (editor), Texas Wildlife Resources and Land Uses, page 220,

     For the 10-year period 1981-90 an additional 736 pronghorns were transplanted within the state.

     During 1980-90, pronghorn occupied about 13.5 million acres in the Trans-Pecos, High Plains, Rolling Plains, and Edwards Plateau ecological regions.

Synonyms

• (Antilocapra americana): pronghorn antelope

Translations

See also

• pronghorn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Antilopcapra americana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Antilopcapra americana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Middle English deere, dere, der, dier, deor (“small animal, deer”), from Old English d?or (“animal”), from Proto-West Germanic *deu?, from Proto-Germanic *deuz?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewsóm (“living thing”), from *d?éws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *d?wes-.

Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“deer”), North Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), West Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), Dutch dier (“animal, beast”), German Low German Deer, Deert (“animal”), German Tier (“animal, beast”), Swedish djur (“animal, beast”), Norwegian dyr (“animal”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”).

Related also to Albanian dash (“ram”) (possibly), Lithuanian da?sos (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian ????? (dušá, “breath, spirit”), Lithuanian dv?sti (“to breathe, exhale”), Sanskrit ??????? (dhva?sati, “he falls to dust”).

For the semantic development compare Latin anim?lis (“animal”), from anima (“breath, spirit”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??/
• (Scotland, some US) IPA^(key): /di??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: dear, dir

Noun

deer (plural deer or (nonstandard) deers)

1. A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.
2. (in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk

3. The meat of such an animal; venison.

4. (obsolete, except in the phrase "small deer") Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
   • 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III. IV

     But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year.

Hyponyms

• buck, stag (male deer); doe, hind (female deer); fawn (young deer); hart (adult deer)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: dia

Translations

Anagrams

• Rede, Reed, de re, dere, dree, rede, reed

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?r

Verb

deer

1. first-person singular present indicative of deren
2. imperative of deren

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• tëyer (Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te??/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German ir. Compare Luxembourgish dir.

Pronoun

deer

1. you (plural)

Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronoun

deer

1. stressed dative of du.

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch dier, from Proto-Germanic *deuz?.

Noun

deer n

1. pet
2. (obsolete) beast, animal

Inflection

• The dative and accusative are obsolete nowadays; use the nominative instead.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian d?r, th?r, from Proto-West Germanic *þ?r. More at there.

Adverb

deer

1. there