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CERVUS

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or DEER, in Zoology, a genus of quadrupeds belonging to the order of Pecora. See Mammalia Index.

CERVUS Volans, in Natural History, a name given by authors to the flag-fly, or horned beetle, a very large species of beetle with horns sloped, and something like those of the stag.