■ noun a large deer with long antlers with backward-pointing tines, now found only in captivity. [ Elaphurus davidianus .]
Origin
C19: named after the French naturalist Father Armand David .
■ noun a large deer with long antlers with backward-pointing tines, now found only in captivity. [ Elaphurus davidianus .]
Origin
C19: named after the French naturalist Father Armand David .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004