Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A female deer.
- noun The female of various other mammals, such as antelopes, kangaroos, mice, or rabbits.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The female of the deer (the feminine corresponding to buck) and of most antelopes.
- noun The female of the hare or rabbit.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
do . - noun The wooden ball used in the game of shinty. Also called
knowt .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a
buck . Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note underbuck . - noun A feat. [Obs.] See
do , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A female
deer ; also used of similar animals such asreindeer ,antelope ,goat . - noun A female
fallow deer . - noun A female
rabbit . - noun A female
hare . - noun A female
squirrel . - noun A female
kangaroo - verb Archaic spelling of
do .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
- noun mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I love hunting deer and at the end of the season if I don't see a big buck then the next biggest doe is the next best thing.
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With both sexes poised to breed, it stands to reason a mechanism must be in place if the doe is to enter estrus and be bred under the darker phases of the moon, which is the third quarter to first quarter.
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Even if you get a doe tag for a buck only unit, through the special lottery system, it will be in a unit where taking even a doe is really difficult.
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I love hunting deer and at the end of the season if I don't see a big buck then the next biggest doe is the next best thing.
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One buck can produce many offspring a year but each doe is capable of only one birthing a year (usually single although twins happen occaisionaly and triplets rarely).
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Even if you get a doe tag for a buck only unit, through the special lottery system, it will be in a unit where taking even a doe is really difficult.
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Any deer that I kill, buck or doe, is a trophy to me.
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Any deer that I kill, buck or doe, is a trophy to me.
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The stag, locking horns with a rival over the possession of a doe, is highly irrational; but the same stag, hiding its trail from the hounds by taking to water, is performing a highly rational act.
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One buck can produce many offspring a year but each doe is capable of only one birthing a year (usually single although twins happen occaisionaly and triplets rarely).
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