How to Spell deer

deer - noun

• A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla

• (in particular) one of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk

• The meat of such an animal; venison.

• (except in the phrase "small deer") an animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.