Noun: roe deer
| Singular | roe deer |
| Plural | roe deer |
Sample Sentences
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Frightened by the noises approaching them from the rear, and apprehensive of the human silence ahead, the five roe deer were halted, their heads high in nervous alertness. [1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 84:]
Nouns inflected like roe deer
cement works,
Old World ROM,
mythopoetics,
zhenniao,
ichimon,
seinen,
sedoka,
semese,
sentai,
senryū,
senbei,
whapuku,
whapuka,
selbri,
Cinghalese,
sayori,
sansho,
sanies,
sanmai,
sangza, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English ro der, roadeor, from Old English rāhdēor (“roe deer”), corresponding to roe + deer. Cognate with Icelandic rádýr, Swedish rådjur, Norwegian and Danish rådyr. See: Middle English Nouns '
ro der', Old English Nouns '
rāhdēor', Swedish Nouns '
rådjur', Danish Nouns '
rådyr'.
Verbs referencing "roe deer"
Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
rådyr.