Roebuck

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:44:40

Roe"buck` (?), n. [1st roe + buck.] Zool.

A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.

 

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