Lexic.us

Definition of Roe deer

1. Noun. Small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers.

Definition of Roe deer

1. Noun. A small, nimble Eurasian deer with short three-pointed antlers, no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter (''Capreolus capreolus''). ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Roe Deer

Literary usage of Roe deer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"That dwells mid the crags of the Upper Langat. The Roe-deer that feeds on shoots of wild cinnamon. Rise up, oho, there ! Mamat the First-born, Rise up, ..."

2. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"In places where roe-deer crowd together, they trample-down many seedlings ... Irrespective of the general rules given, the following hold good for roe-deer. ..."

3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1898)
"The same firm states that bot- or warble-marks " have never been noticed on the pelts of fallow deer,"* but that, " The Scottish roe deer pelts are ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The voice of the roe-deer resembles that of a sheep, but is shorter and more barking. The roe browses on the tender shoots of trees and bushes as well as on ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The voice of the roe-deer resembles that of a sheep, but is shorter and more barking. The roe browses on the tender shoots of trees and bushes as well as on ..."

6. The Royal Forests of England by John Charles Cox (1905)
"As late as 7 Henry VII. a charge of taking a roe deer in a snare in Clarendon ... There are many interesting particulars relative to the roe deer in the ..."

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