: any of several small deer (genus Mazama) of Central and South America with unbranched antlers
Examples of brocket in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe list of mammals that rubbed or licked the tree reads like a roll call of tropical biodiversity: ocelots, tayras, coatis, neotropical fruit bats, collared peccaries, northern tamanduas and brocket deer.—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2022
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Word History
Etymology
brocket (two-year-old male red deer), from Middle English broket, from Anglo-French; akin to Old French broche tine of an antler, pointed tool — more at broach
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