cervine

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).

   “Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)”

   “To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’”

2. (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).

noun

1. (broadly, informal)Any cervid/true deer.
2. (broadly, informal)Any cervid/true deer.

   “The cervines are arguably Europe's greatest mammalian success story: the earliest type, Cervavitus, first appeared about 10 million years ago—in Europe.”