roebuck

See also: Roebuck

English

Etymology

From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe +‎ buck (“male deer”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/
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Noun

roebuck (plural roebucks)

A male roe deer.
- 1807 Walter Scott, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 4, "Cadyow Castle":
  From the thick copse the roebucks bound,
  
  The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]

Translations

male roe deer

Czech: srnec (cs) m
Dutch: reebok (nl) m
Finnish: metsäkaurisuros
French: cerf (fr) m (du chevreuil)
Friulian: cjavrûl m
German: Rehbock (de) m
Italian: capriolo (it) m
Maori: ropaka
Middle English: roobukke
Polish: kozioł (pl) m anim, rogacz (pl) m anim

Portuguese: corço (pt) m
Romanian: căprior (ro) m
Russian: саме́ц косу́ли m (saméc kosúli)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срндаћ m

Roman: srndać (sh) m
Slovene: srnjak m
Spanish: ciervo (es) m (del corzo)
Swedish: råbock (sv)
Welsh: caeriwrch m

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