一切經音義 57.254

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麋麈（之乳反以冬至解角者也說文鹿屬也似鹿而大尾可以為拂也此皆古文云）。

麋麈 (Elk and river deer; [麈 is] zh[i] + [ru] fan. It sheds its antlers at the winter solstice. The Shuowen jiezi says: "A species of deer; resembling a deer but larger, whose tail can be made into a whisk." These are all from the ancient script).