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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
venison
    n 1: meat from a deer used as food

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Venison \Ven"i*son\ (?; 277), n. [OE. veneison, veneson,
   venison, OF. veneison, F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the
   chase, game, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin
   to OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, G. weide
   pasturage. Cf. Gain to acquire, Venation.]
   1. Beasts of the chase. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
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   2. 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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deer \Deer\ (d[=e]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal,
   wild animal, AS. de['o]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G.
   thier, tier, Icel. d[=y]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of
   unknown origin. [root]71.]
   1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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            Mice and rats, and such small deer.   --Shak.
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            The camel, that great deer.           --Lindisfarne
                                                  MS.
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   2. (Zool.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species,
      and of related genera of the family Cervid[ae]. 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.
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   Note: The deer hunted in England is Cervus elaphus, called
         also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is Cervus
         dama; the common American deer is Cervus
         Virginianus; the blacktailed deer of Western North
         America is Cervus Columbianus; and the mule deer of
         the same region is Cervus macrotis. See Axis,
         Fallow deer, Mule deer, Reindeer.
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   Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
         a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
         deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.
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   Deer mouse (Zool.), the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus
      leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) of America.

   Small deer, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used
      metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the
      first definition, above.) "Minor critics . . . can find
      leisure for the chase of such small deer." --G. P. Marsh.
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Thesaurus Results for venison:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aspic, barbecue, boiled meat, bouilli, civet, flesh, forcemeat, game, hachis, hash, jerky, joint, jugged hare, meat, menue viande, mince, pemmican, pot roast, roast, sausage meat, scrapple, viande
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