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whitetail † 
n. the Virginia deer, Odocoileus virginianus.
See also: whitetail(ed) deer
- 1875 (1888) . . . the Stoney hunts the wild goat, and the big horned sheep, the black tail, the white tail, and the graceful antelope.
- 1964 Until current studies give a reasonably accurate estimate of the number of whitetails in New Brunswick . . . it is impossible to say whether worried sportsmen . . . are right.
- 1966 At the same time a count in March indicated an average of 32 surviving calf elk, a 100 cows, 48 mule deer fawns, a 100 does, and 40 whitetail fawns, a 100 does.
- 1875 (1888) . . . the Stoney hunts the wild goat, and the big horned sheep, the black tail, the white tail, and the graceful antelope.