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black-tailed deer

noun \ ˈblak-ˌtāl(d)- \

Definition of black-tailed deer

: mule deer; especially : one of a subspecies (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) especially of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington

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1806

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