[ noun ] meat from a deer used as food <noun.food>
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.
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 {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}.
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 ({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.
As the customers nibble contentedly on quail, capon and venison, the former Miss Colorado plucks away at her $16,000 instrument, offering up everything from the "Notre Dame Fight Song" to Handel.
Continental prices for venison were shattered following the Chernobyl radiation fallout and the discovery that Scandinavian reindeer had grazed irradiated mosses.
The range of food and drink varied from a number of different types of apple juice to Essex-reared venison and from quails eggs to chutney.
Possible ways to curb the deer range from relocating them to killing them and donating the venison to food banks.
In good years, venison off the hill will fetch 70p per pound, making an average hind worth Pounds 50. Most of the venison is sold to Germany and Belgium, where the average consumer is used to eating game regularly. However, this is a fickle market.
In good years, venison off the hill will fetch 70p per pound, making an average hind worth Pounds 50. Most of the venison is sold to Germany and Belgium, where the average consumer is used to eating game regularly. However, this is a fickle market.
We're talking about venison sausage.
Its is described extremely lean, full of protein and somewhat gamy, not unlike venison.
The Lakers enjoyed huge platters of fried chicken, stuffing, gravy, collard greens and venison.
The main course was spiced, roasted venison cutlet with grilled yams.
If they fail, you know the answer: put away the lawn-mower and send for venison on the hoof.
The menu includes fresh vegetables, free-range chicken and beef, venison raised on a New Zealand farm, fish and even some desserts billed as healthy.