Chevreuil

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A roe deer, a roebuck.

    "We found a chevreuil, and, could we have got him once out of the covert, no doubt should have had an excellent run towards Mortefontaine; but as he was determined not to go straight away, and we were not strong enough to make him, after a short gallop we gave it up."

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roe deer

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"We found a chevreuil, and, could we have got him once out of the covert, no doubt should have had an excellent run towards Mortefontaine; but as he was determined not to go straight away, and we were not strong enough to make him, after a short gallop we gave it up."

Etymology

Borrowed from French chevreuil.

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