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DOE

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DOE
abbr.
Department of Energy

doe  (d)
n. pl. doe or does
1. The female of a deer or related animal.
2. The female of various mammals, such as the hare, goat, or kangaroo.

[Middle English do, from Old English d.]

doe [dəʊ]
n pl does, doe
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the female of the deer, hare, rabbit, and certain other animals
[Old English dā; related to Old English dēon to suck, Sanskrit dhēnā cow]

Doe [dəʊ]
n
1. (Law) Law (formerly) the plaintiff in a fictitious action, Doe versus Roe, to test a point of law See also Roe
John or Jane US an unknown or unidentified male or female person

DOE, DoE
abbreviation for
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Canada and, formerly, in Britain) Department of the Environment
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US) Department of Energy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.DOE - the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI - an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community
2.doe - mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Translations
doe [dəʊ] N (does or doe (pl)) (= deer) → cierva f, gama f; (= rabbit) → coneja f; (= hare) → liebre f

doe [ˈdəʊ] n
(= female deer) → biche f
(= female rabbit) → lapine f

DOE
(Brit) abbr of Department of the EnvironmentUmweltministerium nt
(US) abbr of Department of EnergyEnergieministerium nt

doe
n (roe deer) → Reh nt, → Ricke f; (red deer) → Hirschkuh f; (rabbit) → (Kaninchen)weibchen nt; (hare) → Häsin f

doe [dəʊ] n (deer) → femmina di daino; (rabbit) → coniglia
doe [dəʊ] n (deer) → femmina di daino; (rabbit) → coniglia

doe
n doe [dəu]
the female of certain deer, and of the rabbit, hare etc. takbokooi, wyfiehaas, wyfiekonyn أُنْثى الأيِّل самка (женска на елен, заек) laň, srna, samice då; hunkanin; hunhare die Damhirschkuh,das (Hasen-, Kaninchen-)Weibchen θηλυκό ελαφιού, κουνελιού ή λαγού gama, liebre, coneja emasloom مادۀ برخی از پستانداران naaras biche, lapine, hase אַיָלָה, שְׁפַנָה हिरणी, मृगी ženka jelena, ženka zeca őzsuta; nőstény nyúl, patkány, menyét rusa betina hind femmina del cervo (o del daino, dell'antilope, del coniglio, della lepre) 雌鹿 암사슴 elnio/kiškio/triušio ir pan. patelė stirna; (briežu, trušu, zaķu) mātīte rusa betina damhinde, moerkonijn, moerhaas, etc. hunn-, ku (hjortedyr) łania fêmea căprioară; iepuroaică самка laň, srna, koza, zajačica (samica) srna, košuta, zajklja ženka hind, har-, kaninhona สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมตัวเมีย (ประเภทกวาง, ละมั่ง, แพะ, กระต่าย, และอื่น ๆ ) dişi geyik 雌鹿,母山羊,母兔 самиця ہرنی hươu, nai cái鹿


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A DOE hard pressed by hunters sought refuge in a cave belonging to a Lion.
And a doe leaped up, and a doe leaped up From the pond in the wood where the wild deer sup.
I doe now publish my Essayes; which, of all my other workes, have beene most Currant: For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes.
 
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