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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two small deer (Capreolus capreolus of Europe and southwest Asia or C. pygargus of Central and East Asia), having a brownish coat, a black nose, and three- to four-tined antlers in the male.
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- noun A small,
nimble Eurasian deer with short three-pointedantlers , no visibletail , a whiterump patch, and a reddishsummer coat that turnsgrey inwinter (Capreolus capreolus).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English ro, the roe deer Capreolus capreolus, from Old English rā, rāha.]
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