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Webster 1913 Edition


Roebuck

Roe′buckˊ

,
Noun.
[1st
roe
+
buck
.]
(Zool.)
A small European and Asiatic deer (
Capreolus capraea
) 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roebuck

ROEBUCK

, n.
1.
A species of deer, the Cervus capreolus, with erect cylindrical branched horns, forked at the summit. This is one of the smallest of the cervine genus, but of elegant shape and remarkably nimble. It prefers a mountainous country, and herds in families.
2.
Roe, the female of the hart.

Definition 2024


roebuck

roebuck

English

Noun

roebuck (plural roebucks)

  1. A male roe deer.

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