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ROE DEER

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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

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("roe deer" 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 "roe deer"):

roebuck (male roe deer)

Holonyms ("roe deer" is a member of...):

Capreolus; genus Capreolus (roe deer)

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