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Brocket

Brocket \Brock"et\ (br[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) A small South American deer, of several species ( Coassus superciliaris, Coassus rufus, and Coassus auritus).

Wiktionary
brocket

n. 1 A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching. 2 A genus, (taxlink Mazama genus noshow=1), of short-horned deer from Brazil.

WordNet
brocket

  1. n. small South American deer with unbranched antlers

  2. male red deer in its second year

Gazetteer
Brocket, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 65
Housing Units (2000): 35
Land area (2000): 0.784311 sq. miles (2.031357 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003125 sq. miles (0.008094 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.787436 sq. miles (2.039451 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09700
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.212499 N, 98.353942 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58321
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Brocket

Brocket may refer to:

  • Baron Brocket, British peerage title
  • Brocket deer, members of the genus Mazama
  • Brocket, Alberta, community on the Peigan reserve in Canada
  • Brocket, North Dakota, city in USA
  • Edward Brocket, MP
  • John Brocket (disambiguation), various people
  • Brocket 99, controversial audio tape and a documentary about this tape
  • Brocket Hall, palladian country house in Hertfordshire, England

Usage examples of "brocket".

And great as is the hide of a yearling ox or stag, which huntsmen call a brocket, so great in extent was the fleece all golden above.

For this reason it is impossible to distinguish females of the brocket from those of the other species of deer, if indeed, the Mayas themselves made such a distinction.

She was sired by Balloon, and finished third in a race at Brocket Hall.

Bond would have liked to stay outside the town and sleep on the banks of the Loire in the excellent Auberge de la Montespan, his belly full of quenelles de brocket.

And great as is the hide of a yearling ox or stag, which huntsmen call a brocket, so great in extent was the fleece all golden above.