Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blacktail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --
called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, or striped,
perch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blacktail \Black"tail`\, n. [Black + tail.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A fish; the ruff or pope.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The black-tailed deer ({Cervus or Cariacus
Columbianus}) of California and Oregon; also, the mule
deer of the Rocky Mountains. See {Mule deer}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blacktail
n : mule deer of western Rocky Mountains [syn: {black-tailed
deer}, {blacktail deer}, {Odocoileus hemionus columbianus}]
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