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roe deer

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small, nimble Eurasian deer with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers (''Capreolus capreolus'').

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The European roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), also known as the western roe deer , chevreuil , or roe deer , is a Eurasian species of deer . The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck . The roe deer is relatively small, reddish and grey-brown, ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A roe deer came down into reeds opposite to munch at green stuff. ▪ I often see foxes, roe deer and red squirrels in the conifer plantation there. ▪ It may be possible at certain times of the day to observe roe deer in adjoining ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers [syn: Capreolus capreolus ]

Usage examples of roe deer.

When he was 'as like his birth totem, the Roe Deer, shy and quiet, never A, almost as though he were watching from a hiding place.

I don't think it was Ursus or the Roe Deer that started Ayla's baby.

Families of roe deer sauntered past, the buck leading the hind and kids.

There were bustards in droves on these heaths, and roe deer to be found easily enough by those who had skill to seek them in the right places.

In the west, here in Europe, there were rhinos, bison, boar, sheep, cattle, horses, reindeer, ibex, red and roe deer, antelope, musk oxen&mdash.

In the west, here in Europe, there were rhinos, bison, boar, sheep, cattle, horses, reindeer, ibex, red and roe deer, antelope, musk oxen—.

Shy roe deer traveled through ###riverine### woodlands and boreal forests in small parties - to spring and summer feeding grounds, along with unsociable moose who also frequented the bogs and melt lakes of the steppes.

Here they came, bounding over the edge like a river of tawny bodies: roe deer, shaggy and dappled white on their red backs.