Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Mice and rats, and such small deer.   --Shak.

            The camel, that great deer.           --Lindisfarne
                                                  MS.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

   Note: The deer hunted in England is {Cervus elaphus}, called
         also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is {C. dama};
         the common American deer is {C. Virginianus}; the
         blacktailed deer of Western North America is {C.
         Columbianus}; and the mule deer of the same region is
         {C. macrotis}. See {Axis}, {Fallow deer}, {Mule deer},
         {Reindeer}.

   Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
         a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
         deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.

   {Deer mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the white-footed mouse ({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.

Stag \Stag\, n. [Icel. steggr the male of several animals; or a
   doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. {Steg}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The adult male of the red deer ({Cervus elaphus}), a
          large European species closely related to the American
          elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The male of certain other species of large deer.

   2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]

   3. A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull
      seg}. See the Note under {Ox}.

   4. (Stock Exchange)
      (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a
          member of the exchange. [Cant]
      (b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new
          projects, with a view to sell immediately at a
          premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant]

   5. (Zo["o]l.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Stag beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      lamellicorn beetles belonging to {Lucanus} and allied
      genera, especially {L. cervus} of Europe and {L. dama} of
      the United States. The mandibles are large and branched,
      or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten
      wood of dead trees. Called also {horned bug}, and {horse
      beetle}.

   {Stag dance}, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.]

   {Stag hog} (Zo["o]l.), the babiroussa.

   {Stag-horn coral} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
      large branching corals of the genus {Madrepora}, which
      somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially
      {Madrepora cervicornis}, and {M. palmata}, of Florida and
      the West Indies.

   {Stag-horn fern} (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern
      ({Platycerium alcicorne}) having the large fronds branched
      like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
      

   {Stag-horn sumac} (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus
      typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See {Sumac}.
      

   {Stag party}, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
      

   {Stag tick} (Zo["o]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
      family {Hippoboscid[ae]}, which lives upon the stag and in
      usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the
      European grouse, but in that case has wings.



   {Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.

   {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.

   {Red coral} (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
      rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.

   {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
      the English.
   (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
       cross}, under {Geneva}.

   {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.

   {Red deer}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
       of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
       similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
   (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.

   {Red duck} (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck
      ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.

   {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.

   {Red empress} (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
      

   {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
      found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
      for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
      other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
      American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.

   {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.

   {Red flag}. See under {Flag}.

   {Red fox} (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
      fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.

   {Red grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
      under {Ptarmigan}.

   {Red gum}, or {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
      Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
      amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
      resin. See {Eucalyptus}.

   {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect,
      borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
      also {Badge of Ulster}.

   {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.

Elaphine \El"a*phine\, a. [Gr. ? stag.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or
   {Cervus elaphus}.

Source : WordNet®

Cervus elaphus
     n : common deer of temperate Europe and Asia [syn: {red deer}]