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  • adjective Attributive form of roe deer, noun.

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Examples

  • Then, looking out of the window in some alarm, I realized what it was: a roe-deer rubbing herself against one corner of the hut, inches away from my pillow.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Trevor, Vicky and their children Thea and Luke, who own and care for this wood, said they often encounter badgers and foxes, muntjac and roe-deer in it.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • In turn, there is a huge variety of flowering plants and medicinal herbs, and a fauna that includes brown bears, snow leopards, wild boar, roe-deer, badgers, marmots, porcupines, golden eagles and a great number of other birds.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Then, looking out of the window in some alarm, I realized what it was: a roe-deer rubbing herself against one corner of the hut, inches away from my pillow.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • In turn, there is a huge variety of flowering plants and medicinal herbs, and a fauna that includes brown bears, snow leopards, wild boar, roe-deer, badgers, marmots, porcupines, golden eagles and a great number of other birds.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Trevor, Vicky and their children Thea and Luke, who own and care for this wood, said they often encounter badgers and foxes, muntjac and roe-deer in it.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Unfortunately, they have a preference for hazel, as roe-deer do, and can prevent the regeneration of coppice hazel by nibbling the young shoots.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Unfortunately, they have a preference for hazel, as roe-deer do, and can prevent the regeneration of coppice hazel by nibbling the young shoots.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • “I am glad you have courage enough to fire it? though it be but at a roe-deer.”

    Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

  • Oh, I am quite willing to exchange roe-deer for colliers, at the price.

    Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

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