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ROE DEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roe deer mean? 

ROE DEER (noun)
  The noun ROE DEER has 1 sense:

1. small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlersplay

  Familiarity information: ROE DEER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROE DEER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Capreolus capreolus; roe deer

Hypernyms ("roe deer" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roe deer"):

roebuck (male roe deer)

Holonyms ("roe deer" is a member of...):

Capreolus; genus Capreolus (roe deer)


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