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  • noun The state or essence of being a deer.

Etymologies

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deer +‎ -hood

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Examples

  • Glimmerglass, laughing and shimmering in the sunshine, and with all the sights and the sounds of that wonderful world where he was to spend the years of his deerhood.

    Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals William Davenport Hulbert 1890

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