PèreDavid'sdeer

Père′ Da•vid′'s deer′

[[t]ˈpɛər dɑˈvidz, ˌpɛər ˈdeɪ vɪdz[/t]] n.

zool. mam a reddish gray deer, Elaphurus davidianus, of China, extinct in the wild but sustained in parks and zoos

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Etymology: 1895–1900; after Père Armand David (1826–1900), French missionary, the deer's first European observer