stag
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- noun
- /stæɡ/
:
ciervo
- A small group of stags grazed peacefully near the edge of the forest.
- a tame stag
- stag horns
Let's pick the stag, deer or gorillas.
- Let's pick the stag, deer or gorillas.
- There some somewhere in Europe in haunted stags.
- And I come into a clearing and at the same time running the opposite direction comes a stag.
Examples
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Both Jagernauts rode stags, huge animals big enough to support their bulk.
Fiction book (1999) -
The great buck lifted his head like some European stag and started kicking and thrashing.
Fiction book (1995) -
Unfortunately, the stag went out to the forest with four wild deer that morning.
Academic text (1994) -
How my father, hunting, had come upon a stag caught in a thicket.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then he straightened up and pulled on Misrider's reins, bringing the stag around.
Fiction book (1999) -
Flopping and skidding on the rough ground, the struggling stag floundered to a halt.
Fiction book (1992) -
We climbed down and walked over to the stag, which lay gracefully in tall grass.
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During the autumn, the stag displays impressive antlers as part of its mating ritual.
Synonyms
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A wild animal with hooves and antlers that lives in forests and fields
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An adult male deer, often a red deer
An old word for a male deer, especially a red deer
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Etymology
Stag comes from an old English word for a male deer, so picture a large deer with antlers. That's why stag still means an adult male deer today.