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}.
blacktail n : mule deer of western Rocky Mountains [syn: {black-tailed deer}, {blacktail deer}, {Odocoileus hemionus columbianus}]