| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| venison |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ven·i·son |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v n  -s n, -zn |
| NOUN: | 1. The flesh of a deer used as food. 2. Archaic The flesh of a game animal used as food. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English veneson, from Old French, from Latin v n ti , vntin-, hunting, from vntus, past participle of vnr , to hunt. See wen-1 in Appendix I.
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