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blacktail 
n. the mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, of western North America, or its smaller relative of the Rocky Mountain region, O. hemionus columbianus, the Columbia blacktailed deer.
See also: blacktail(ed) deer Columbia(n) blacktailed deer
- 1860 We shall . . . then proceed . . . for the Black Tail . . . returning by the head of the Coteau des Prairies. . . .
- 1912 "Wish I'd had a shot," said Billy . . . his mind on the blacktail, our local [Cariboo, B.C.] kind of deer.
- 1860 We shall . . . then proceed . . . for the Black Tail . . . returning by the head of the Coteau des Prairies. . . .