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CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
Synonyms:
Capreolus capreolus; roe deer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Capreolus capreolus" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Capreolus capreolus"):
roebuck (male roe deer)
Holonyms ("Capreolus capreolus" is a member of...):
Capreolus; genus Capreolus (roe deer)