brocket

From Middle French brocart, broquart.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒkɪt/

brocket (plural brockets)

1. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
2. A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
   • 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 118:

     Before fighting, brockets rear and jump in display; when fighting, they jump over each other, striking the opponent with the hooves of the forelegs or hind legs in passing.

• pricket