roebuck
See also: Roebuck
English
Etymology
From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/
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Noun
roebuck (plural roebucks)
- A male roe deer.
- 1807 Walter Scott, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 4, "Cadyow Castle":
- From the thick copse the roebucks bound,
- The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]
- 1807 Walter Scott, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 4, "Cadyow Castle":
Translations
male roe deer
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