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brocket en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɒkɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French brocart, broquart.

Meanings

1. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
   • “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.” 1847, Frederick Marryat, chapter 4, in The Children of the New Forest, England: H. Hurst:
   • Near-synonyms: knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter
2. A brocket deer, a member of genus Mazama, of short-horned deer of the tropical Americas.
   • 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. 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 118:

Forms

Synonyms

knobber · spitter · knobbler · pricket

Translations (9)

da spidsbuk (young stag with straight horns) · fr daguet (young stag with straight horns) · pl mazama (deer of genus Mazama) · es corzuela (deer of genus Mazama) · pl dwuletni jeleń z prostymi rogami (young stag with straight horns) · fi piikkokauris (deer of genus Mazama) · ca mazama (deer of genus Mazama) · de Spießhirsch (deer of genus Mazama) · hu nyársasszarvas (deer of genus Mazama)