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Devon
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Dev·on 1  (dvn)
A region of southwest England bordering on the English Channel. Occupied in Paleolithic times, it became part of Wessex in the eighth century.
Dev·on 2  (dvn)
n.
Any of a breed of reddish cattle raised primarily for beef.
[After Devon1, where the breed was originally developed.]
Devon
Noun
a breed of large red cattle originally from Devon
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Noun1.DevonDevon - a county in southwestern England    
Devonshire
England - a division of the United Kingdom
2.Devon - red dual-purpose cattle of English origin
Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"


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