roebuck

See also: Roebuck

English

Etymology

From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe +‎ buck (“male deer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/

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Noun

roebuck (plural roebucks)

1. A male roe deer.
   • 1807 Walter Scott, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 4, "Cadyow Castle":

     From the thick copse the roebucks bound,

     The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]

Translations

male roe deer

• Czech: srnec (cs) m
• Dutch: reebok (nl) m
• Finnish: metsäkaurisuros
• French: cerf (fr) m (du chevreuil)
• Friulian: cjavrûl m
• German: Rehbock (de) m
• Italian: capriolo (it) m
• Maori: ropaka
• Middle English: roobukke
• Polish: kozioł (pl) m anim, rogacz (pl) m anim
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• Portuguese: corço (pt) m
• Romanian: căprior (ro) m
• Russian: саме́ц косу́ли m (saméc kosúli)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: срндаћ m

  Roman: srndać (sh) m

• Slovene: srnjak m
• Spanish: ciervo (es) m (del corzo)
• Swedish: råbock (sv)
• Welsh: caeriwrch m