Black"tail` (?), n. [Black + tail.]
1. Zool.
A fish; the ruff or pope.
2. Zool.
The black-tailed deer (Cervus or Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer.
© Webster 1913.
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