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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Venison \Ven"i*son\ (?; 277), n. [OE. veneison, veneson,
     venison, OF. veneison, F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the
     chase, game, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin
     to OHG. weidin?n, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, G. weide
     pasturage. Cf. Gain to acquire, Venation.]
     1. Beasts of the chase. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
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     2. Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the
        chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of
        the deer kind exclusively.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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              Mice and rats, and such small deer.   --Shak.
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              The camel, that great deer.           --Lindisfarne
                                                    MS.
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     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.
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     Note: The deer hunted in England is Cervus elaphus, called
           also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is Cervus
           dama; the common American deer is Cervus
           Virginianus; the blacktailed deer of Western North
           America is Cervus Columbianus; and the mule deer of
           the same region is Cervus macrotis. See Axis,
           Fallow deer, Mule deer, Reindeer.
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     Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
           a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
           deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.
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     Deer mouse (Zo["o]l.), the white-footed mouse ({Peromyscus
        leucopus, formerly 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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Venison \Ven"i*son\ (?; 277), n. [OE. veneison, veneson,
     venison, OF. veneison, F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the
     chase, game, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin
     to OHG. weidin?n, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, G. weide
     pasturage. Cf. Gain to acquire, Venation.]
     1. Beasts of the chase. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
  
     2. Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the
        chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of
        the deer kind exclusively.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  venison
       n : meat from a deer used as food

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  venison
     Old French n.
     1 game (animal to be hunted)
     2 meat from a hunted animal

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  venison
     n.
     1 The meat of a deer.
     2 (lb en South Africa) The meat of an antelope.
     3 (lb en obsolete) The meat of any wild animal that has been hunted
  rather than raised domestically.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  venison
     Old French n.
     1 game (animal to be hunted)
     2 meat from a hunted animal

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  venison
     Old French n.
     1 game (animal to be hunted)
     2 meat from a hunted animal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Venison /vˈɛnɪsən/
  لحم الغزال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  venison //ˈvɛ.nɪ.sən// //ˈvɛ.nɪ.zən// //ˈvɛn.zən// 
  еленово месо
  the meat of a deer