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Capreolus

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n.1.a genus of deer including the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).
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Noun1.Capreolus - roe deerCapreolus - roe deer                            
genus Capreolus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Cervidae, family Cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
Capreolus capreolus, roe deer - small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
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Two cervid species, Cervus elaphus and Capreolus capreolus, were not separated in some cases during the analysis because of their very similar hair structure and consequently possible identification mistakes.
Food habits of the wolf Canis lupus in Latvia based on stomach ... by Zunna, Agrita; Ozolins, Janis; Pupila, Alda / Estonian Journal of Ecology
Birth-sex ratios and local resource competition in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus.
Temporal variation in sex allocation of white-tailed deer by Ditchkoff, Stephen S.; Mitchell, Michael S.; Gray, William N.; Cook, Christopher W. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
As to cab the vehicle, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology cites its first appearance as 1826 in the early Disraeli novel Vivien Grey as a short form of cabriolet, a horse-drawn carriage, itself borrowed by Smollett in 1763 from French cabriolet, from cabriolet, caper or leap (because of its bouncy motion), ultimately deriving from the Latin for wild goat, capreolus.
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