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doe

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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
Noun
pl does or doe the female of the deer, hare, or rabbit [Old English ]

DOE (in Britain) Department of the Environment
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
Spanish doe [dəu] n (= deer) → cierva, gama (= rabbit); coneja
French doe [dəu] n (= deer) → biche f (= rabbit); lapine f
German DOE n abbr (Brit) (= Department of the Environment) → Umweltministerium;
(US) (= Department of Energy) → Energieministerium

doe [dəu] nReh nt, Ricke f;
(rabbit) → (Kaninchen)weibchen nt

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

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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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