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Answer for the clue "Deerlike ", 7 letters:
cervine

Word definitions for cervine in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cervine \Cer"vine\, a. [L. cervinus, fr. cervus deer: cf. F. cervin.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervid[ae] . [1913 Webster] ||

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Pertaining to a deer; deer-like.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or resembling deer

Usage examples of cervine.

The cervine licked him several times with a long wet tongue that rasped as roughly as that of a lion.

What once must have been an elongated, cervine muzzle eons ago had compressed into a smaller version on a flatter, more humanoid face.

Our rebels, my cervine friend, are being a good bit more dishonorable with their wretched plots.

He seemed to drip pale light as palpable as water running down the strong naked arms, glittering on the gold torc around his neck, shimmering on the massive antlers that sprang from a head mostly cervine, though human eyes looked out of it.