"brocket" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɒkɪt/ [UK] Forms: brockets [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French brocart, broquart. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|brocart}} Borrowed from Middle French brocart Head templates: {{en-noun}} brocket (plural brockets)
  1. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching. Translations (young stag with straight horns): spidsbuk [common-gender] (Danish), daguet [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-brocket-en-noun-11jFI8Qw Disambiguation of 'young stag with straight horns': 87 13
  2. A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil. Categories (lifeform): Cervids, Male animals Translations (deer of genus Mazama): piikkokauris (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-brocket-en-noun-mjwG-~G3 Disambiguation of Cervids: 14 86 Disambiguation of Male animals: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'deer of genus Mazama': 3 97

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