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Cervus

noun
Cer·​vus | \ ˈsərvəs\

Definition of Cervus

: a genus (the type of the family Cervidae) formerly including all the deers but now limited to the larger forms (as the red deer and elk)

History and Etymology for Cervus

New Latin, from Latin, stag, deer

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