Venison vs. Deer — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Venison and Deer
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Venison
Venison originally meant the meat of a game animal but now refers primarily to the meat of elk or deer (or antelope in South Africa). Venison can be used to refer to any part of the animal, so long as it can be consumed, including the internal organs.
Deer
Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, the fallow deer, and the chital; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), the roe deer, the mule deer, and the moose.
Venison
The flesh of a deer used as food.
Deer
Any of various hoofed ruminant mammals of the family Cervidae, characteristically having deciduous antlers borne chiefly by the males. The deer family includes the white-tailed deer, elk, moose, and caribou.
Venison
(Archaic) The flesh of a game animal used as food.
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Deer
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.
Venison
The meat of a deer.
After shooting a deer, field dressing is the next step necessary for high quality venison.
Deer
(in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
Venison
(South Africa) The meat of an antelope.
Deer
The meat of such an animal; venison.
Oh, I've never had deer before.
Venison
(obsolete) The meat of any wild animal that has been hunted rather than raised domestically.
Deer
Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
Venison
Beasts of the chase.
Deer
Any animal; especially, a wild animal.
Mice and rats, and such small deer.
The camel, that great deer.
Venison
Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.
Deer
A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidæ. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.
Venison
Meat from a deer used as food
Deer
Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
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