brocket

noun

brock·​et ˈbrä-kət 

: any of several small deer (genus Mazama) of Central and South America with unbranched antlers

Examples of brocket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The list of mammals that rubbed or licked the tree reads like a roll call of tropical biodiversity: ocelots, tayras, coatis, neotropical fruit bats, collared peccaries, northern tamanduas and brocket deer. —Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2022

Word History

Etymology

brocket (two-year-old male red deer), from Middle English broket, from Anglo-French; akin to Old French broche tine of an antler, pointed tool — more at broach

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above