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See also:VENISON (pronounced venzon) , originally a word meaning a beast of any See also:kind killed in the See also:chase, but now only applied to the flesh of the See also:deer prepared for eating . The O . Fr. veneisurs, See also:venison, &e., mod. venison, meant the flesh of the deer or See also:boar; the See also:principal beasts of the chase (See also:Lat. venatio, See also:hunting) . |
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