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roebuck

Pronunciation:  'row`buk

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 Definition: [n]  male roe deer
 
 See Also: Capreolus capreolus, roe deer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Roe"buck`\, n. [1st roe + buck.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small European and Asiatic deer ({Capreolus capr[ae]a})
having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the
summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and
graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high
grounds.

 



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