guazuti
(gwɑːsuːˈtiː, gwaˈzuːtiː)
[a. Guarani gua{cced}uti white deer.]
The brown and white South American pampas deer, Ozotoceros (or Blastoceros) bezoarticus.
| 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 361/2 The Guazuti of D'Azara. 1838 W. P. Hunter tr. Azara's Nat. Hist. Quadrupeds of Paraguay ii. 135 Guazuti, the name given to this species by the Guaranese, signifies white deer..others call it guazay. 1850 Proc. Zool. Soc. XVIII. 237 Blastoceros campestris. The Mazame or Guazuti. 1898 R. Lydekker Deer of all Lands xii. 291 In certain parts of Brazil this deer [sc. the pampas deer] is known as the guazuti. |