- roebuck roe·buck n
- ['rəʊˌbʌk]
capriolo maschio
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roebuck roe·buck n
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Roebuck — Roe buck , n. [1st roe + buck.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small European and Asiatic deer ({Capreolus capr[ae]a}) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
roebuck-berry — roeˈbuck berry or roeˈ blackberry noun The stone bramble • • • Main Entry: ↑roe … Useful english dictionary
roebuck — roe•buck [[t]ˈroʊˌbʌk[/t]] n. mam a male roe deer • Etymology: 1350–1400 … From formal English to slang
roebuck — roe·buck … English syllables
roe deer — a small, agile Old World deer, Capreolus capreolus, the male of which has three pointed antlers. Also called roe. [bef. 1000; OE rahdeor (not recorded in ME)] * * * Almost tailless Eurasian deer (Capreolus capreolus), found in small family groups … Universalium
Roebuck — This unusual and interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has two possible sources. Firstly, it may derive from a nickname for a shy or timid person, from the Olde English pre 7th Century ra and bucc , roe buck. many early English surnames… … Surnames reference
roebuck — c.1400, from ROE (Cf. roe) (2) + BUCK (Cf. buck) (n.1) … Etymology dictionary
buck — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Belgian hare, Cape elk, Highland fling, Virginia deer, and jump, antagonize, antelope, assault, battle, bear, bear upon, beat against, beat up against, billy, billy goat, bloke, blood, blunt, boar, bone,… … Moby Thesaurus
roe — Synonyms and related words: Cape elk, Partlet, Virginia deer, albumen, anguille, antelope, biddy, bitch, bossy, brood mare, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, caviar, cow, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eel, egg, egg white, eggshell, eland, elk,… … Moby Thesaurus
roebuck — Synonyms and related words: Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eland, elk, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, kaama, moose, mule deer, musk deer,… … Moby Thesaurus
Capreolus capraea — Roebuck Roe buck , n. [1st roe + buck.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small European and Asiatic deer ({Capreolus capr[ae]a}) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
