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Other creatures possess more mystical abilities, such as the scaly, deerlike qilin who can recognize whether a “person holds good or evil in their heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The giant muntjac has large canine teeth that deerlike animals used in fights long ago, before they evolved elaborate antlers.

From Time Magazine Archive

These deerlike creatures make the noise in the throes of giving birth, and Pygmies imitate it because other duikers come running when they hear the call.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Moira does have what one starry-eyed London critic called "deerlike littleness and midsummer coloring."

From Time Magazine Archive

On the right was a unicorn, the symbol of justice; its deerlike head was lowered so that its curving horn pointed down, while its goatlike tail curled up.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo