Blacktail
a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
Historical Examples
Hunting in Many Lands Various
Wild Animals at Home Ernest Thompson Seton
The Strength of the Pines Edison Marshall
Hunting in Many Lands Various
The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine
The Uphill Climb B. M. Bower
The Wolves of God Algernon Blackwood
The Burgess Animal Book for Children Thornton W. Burgess
Red Hunters And the Animal People Charles A. Eastman
Hunting in Many Lands Various
noun
a variety of mule deer having a black tail
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