eld's deer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A deer of the endangered species Rucervus eldii endemic to South Asia.
Example Sentences
- "In Upper Burmah, Eld’s deer are scarce, and the only way to obtain them is to drive for them with beaters."
- "There are now more than 500 eld’s^([sic]) deers."
- "Preserved and protected wildlife species including eight bears, 39 hog deer, 17 sambar deer, two tairs, 11 Eld’s deers, three leopards, two tigers, a lion and a large number of snakes and crocodiles were also found there."
- "Eld’s deers are medium sized among the Cervidae and are also herbivours^([sic]) (Fig. 6 a-b)."
- "The Eld’s deer, or brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi^([sic])) is a highly endangered Southeast Asian cervid. Eld’s deers were once distributed throughout Asia, their range extending from Manipur in eastern India to Indo-china and southern China."
- "Among them, Hainan Eld’s deers (Figure 10A) and several small rodents (Rattus spp.; Figure 10B) were photographed at the two experimental sites. […] In this study, the infrared cameras captured a number of wild animals, such as greater coucals, lesser coucals, and Hainan Eld’s deers. Among them, the greater coucal was the main predator of the experimental eggs, and the feeding activity of Hainan Eld’s deers caused female birds to abandon nests."
Etymology
Named after British officer Percy Eld in 1844, who discovered it in the Manipur Valley of India in 1838.
Inflected Forms
Eld's deers (nonstandard, plural)