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- adjective Attributive form of
roe deer , noun.
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“I am glad you have courage enough to fire it? though it be but at a roe-deer.”
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Oh, I am quite willing to exchange roe-deer for colliers, at the price.
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