brocket

See also: Brocket

English

Mazama gouazoubira

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French brocart, broquart.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒkɪt/

Noun

brocket (plural brockets)

1. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
   • 1847, Frederick Marryat, chapter 4, in The Children of the New Forest, England: H. Hurst:

     “Why, a stag is called a brocket until he is three years old, at four years he is a staggart; at five years a warrantable stag; and after five years he becomes a hart royal.”

   Near-synonyms: knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter

2. A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
   • 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 118:

     Before fighting, brockets rear and jump in display; when fighting, they jump over each other, striking the opponent with the hooves of the forelegs or hind legs in passing.

Translations

young stag with straight horns

• Danish: spidsbuk c
• French: daguet (fr) m

deer of genus Mazama

• Finnish: piikkokauris

References

• brocket deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mazama on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mazama on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons