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Meaning

1. n
   beast; brute; animal
2. n
   animal with human characteristics
3. n archaic
   beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
4. n abbreviation
   hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

Example sentences

• 射手は鹿を射た。

  The archer killed the deer.

• 私なんぞには野牛と鹿と馬とを描き分けることなど到底出来ない。

  Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.

• ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、 そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。

  A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.