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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small Eurasian deer (Dama dama) having a yellowish-red coat spotted with white in summer and broad, flattened antlers in the male.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A deer of the genus Dama: so called from its fallow or yellowish color spotted with white. The best-known species is the common European Cervus dama, or Dama platyceros, often kept in preserves. It is smaller than the stag or red deer; has the antlers differently formed, with more palmation at their ends; and stands about 3 feet high at the withers. There are several varieties, differing chiefly in coloration, and bucks of various ages receive different names, as fawn, pricket, sorrel, soare, etc. See cut under Dama.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A ruminant mammal (Dama dama) belonging to the family Cervidae.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. small Eurasian deer

Etymologies

  1. Obsolete fallow, reddish-yellow, from Middle English falow, falwe, from Old English fealu; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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