Brocketとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɹɒkɪt/

名詞

brocket (plural brockets)

1. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.

   Near-synonyms: knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter

   • 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.”

2. A brocket deer, a member of genus Mazama, of short-horned deer of the tropical Americas.
   • 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.

参照

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