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roebuck

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roe·buck  (rbk)
n.
A male roe deer.
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Noun1.roebuckroebuck - male roe deer
Capreolus capreolus, roe deer - small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
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While Ned Land, clinging to the bows, belaboured the gigantic animal with blows from his harpoon, the creature's teeth were buried in the gunwale, and it lifted the whole thing out of the water, as a lion does a roebuck.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
But see, mes garcons, on this side of the church rises the square and darkling tower of Earl Salisbury's castle, and even from here I seem to see on yonder banner the red roebuck of the Montacutes.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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