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Added 9 October 2026

cervid

/ˈsɜː.vɪd/ noun

Latin root: cerv Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cervid at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.

Origin

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cervid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -id.

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