roebuck
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8.8
A male small deer with short antlers
- noun
- /ˈrəʊbʌk/
- UK
:
corzo macho
- Deer, roebuck, gazelle!
Examples
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The hunter spotted a majestic roebuck grazing in the meadow.
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Nikia was pleased to have them, for they would eke out the small roebuck and three braces of grouse the huntsmen had brought that morning.
Fiction book (1992) -
As Cochrane put it, the Hunter, the Hunted, and the Roebuck in the Thicket are one.
Blog text (19) -
During the early morning, we saw a roebuck near the riverbank.
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In autumn, the roebuck can often be seen in the forest looking for food.
Synonyms
buck
vsroebuck
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3.5
A male deer or similar animal with antlers
refers only to that mature male in a single species the roe deer
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roebuck joins roe, an old word for a 'small deer', and buck, a common word for a 'male' animal, so the name points to a male of the roe deer.