A roe is a kind of deer. The male is called a roebuck, the female a doe, and their young are called fawns.
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Roebuck
Synonyms for "roebuck" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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28 translations across 25 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- kaproll noun (male roe deer)
- sorkadh noun (male roe deer)
Arabic
1 entries- يَحْمُور noun (male roe deer)
Asturian
1 entries- corciu noun (male roe deer)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сръндак noun (male roe deer)
Czech
1 entries- srnec noun (male roe deer)
Dutch
1 entries- reebok noun (male roe deer)
Finnish
1 entries- metsäkaurisuros noun (male roe deer)
French
1 entries- cerf (du chevreuil) noun (male roe deer)
Friulian
1 entries- cjavrûl noun (male roe deer)
German
1 entries- Rehbock noun (male roe deer)
Irish
1 entries- ruaphoc noun (male roe deer)
Italian
1 entries- capriolo noun (male roe deer)
Latin
1 entries- capreolus noun (male roe deer)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- sarnik noun (male roe deer)
Middle English
1 entries- roobukke noun (male roe deer)
Māori
1 entries- ropaka noun (male roe deer)
Polish
2 entries- kozioł noun (male roe deer)
- rogacz noun (male roe deer)
Portuguese
1 entries- corço noun (male roe deer)
Romanian
1 entries- căprior noun (male roe deer)
Russian
1 entries- саме́ц косу́ли noun (male roe deer)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- srndać noun (male roe deer)
- срндаћ noun (male roe deer)
Slovene
1 entries- srnjak noun (male roe deer)
Spanish
1 entries- ciervo (del corzo) noun (male roe deer)
Swedish
1 entries- råbock noun (male roe deer)
Welsh
1 entries- caeriwrch noun (male roe deer)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Before plumbing came to the farm, this small building served as the site's toilet. It is a reconstruction—the original was torn down. This outhouse features a seat with two holes. This was not unusual as many outhouses had different sized holes for adults and children. There are also some pages from an old Sears and Roebuck Catalog in the structure. Farmers wouldn't waste money on purchasing toilet paper when they could recycle something they no longer needed!
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From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]
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