fallow deer
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈfaloʊ dɪr/
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- The fallow deer are known for their distinctive spotted coats during summer.
- fallow deer bucks
Examples
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During the autumn, the fallow deer display their impressive antlers in the mating season.
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There were herds of fallow deer in the Bois de Boulogne four years after Paris was leveled.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the center of the painting, two fallow deer bucks are fighting, while other males look on.
Academic text (1991) -
England's fallow deer bucks create a common ground for attracting does.
Academic text (1991) -
As a zoologist, my purpose was to investigate the mating system of the park's 900 fallow deer.
Academic text (1991) -
Where males defend territories, as in fallow deer, larger, stronger males may win access to preferred territories, thus generating a correlation between male size and mating success that does not depend on female preferences for particular males.
Academic text (1991) -
In the forest, a group of fallow deer grazed peacefully under the trees.
Synonyms
A medium sized deer from Europe and western Asia with spotted fur and broad flat antlers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'fallow' as given (land left unplowed) does not combine transparently with 'deer' to yield a species name; the compound refers to a deer species and historically uses a color sense of 'fallow' (pale brown) rather than the agricultural sense. This mismatching sense means a B1 learner who only knows the provided constituent meanings would not be able to derive the MWE meaning, so it is lexicalized and unpredictable.
Etymology
Fallow deer may come from the old word fallow, meaning 'light brown', because these deer often have a pale coat with white spots. So the name describes their colour and helps you remember the animal.