fallow deer
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fallow deer
n.
A small Eurasian deer (Dama dama) having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white in summer and broad, flattened antlers in the male.
[Obsolete fallow, reddish- or brownish-yellow, from Middle English falow, falwe, from Old English fealu; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]
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fallow deer
n
(Animals) either of two deer, Dama dama or D. mesopotamica, native to the Mediterranean region and Persia respectively. The antlers are flattened and the summer coat is reddish with white spots
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fal′low deer′
n.
a Eurasian deer, Dama dama, with a yellowish coat that is spotted in the summer.
[1540–50]
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kuusipeura
dámszarvasdámvad
danielius
damjak
alageyik
fallow deer
n → Damwild nt
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fallow deer
n pl inv → daino/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995