A roe deer.
Etymology
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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 .
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roe deer (plural roe deer )
A small, nimble Eurasian deer with no visible tail , a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter , the male having short three-pointed antlers (Capreolus capreolus and Capreolus pygargus ).
Synonyms: chevreuil , roe
1955 , Robin Jenkins , The Cone-Gatherers , Canongate, published 2012 , page 84 :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.
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small deer species, Capreolus capreolus
Albanian: kaproll (sq) m , sorkadhe (sq) f
Aragonese: corzo m
Armenian: այծյամ (hy) ( aycyam )
Asturian: corciu (ast) , corcia (ast)
Basque: orkatz (eu)
Belarusian: казу́ля f ( kazúlja )
Breton: yourc’h (br) m
Bulgarian: сърна́ (bg) ( sǎrná )
Catalan: cabirol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西方狍 (zh) ( xīfāngpáo )
Czech: srna (cs) f , srnec (cs) m
Danish: rådyr
Dutch: ree (nl) m
Esperanto: kapreolo
Estonian: metskits (et)
Ewe: afia n
Faroese: rádýr
Finnish: metsäkauris (fi)
French: chevreuil (fr) m
Friulian: cjavrûl m
Galician: corzo (gl) m
Georgian: შველი ( šveli )
German: Reh (de) n
Greek: ζαρκάδι (el) n ( zarkádi )
Ancient: δορκάς f ( dorkás ) , πρόξ f ( próx )
Hebrew: אַיַּל הַכַּרְמֶל m ( ayál hakarmél )
Hungarian: őz (hu)
Icelandic: rádýr (is)
Ido: kapreolo (io)
Irish: fia odhar m
Italian: capriolo (it) m
Japanese: 麕 (ja) ( ノロ , noro) , 麕鹿 ( ノロジカ , norojika)
Jeju: 노리 ( nori )
Kashubian: Eùropejskô sarna
Kazakh: елік ( elık )
Korean: 노루 (ko) ( noru )
Ladin: rehl m , capriol m
Latgalian: meža koza f
Latvian: stirna (lv)
Laz: მსქვერი ( mskveri )
Lithuanian: stirna f
Luxembourgish: Réi (lb) n
Macedonian: срна ( srna )
Malay: kijang
Maltese: ċerfa
Manchu: ᡤᡳᠣ ( gio )
Mazanderani: شوکا
Mingrelian: სქვერი ( skveri )
Mòcheno: reach n
Nanai: гиу ( giu )
Northern Sami: (please verify ) ruoigu , (please verify ) vuovderuoigu
Norwegian: rådyr (no) n
Occitan: cabiròl (oc) m , cabròl (oc) m
Persian: شوکا (fa) ( šukâ )
Picard: chevreu
Polish: sarna (pl)
Portuguese: corço (pt) m
Proto-Norse: ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ ( raïhan )
Romani: kaperiwara f
Romanian: căprior (ro) m , căprioară (ro) f
Romansch: (please verify ) chavriel m
Russian: косу́ля (ru) f ( kosúlja )
Sardinian: crabiolu , bettu , betta , crabolu
Scottish Gaelic: earb (gd) f , seang m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ср́на f , ср̀нда̄ћ m
Roman: sŕna (sh) f , sr̀ndāć m
Slovak: srna f
Slovene: srna f , srnjak m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: sarna f
Upper Sorbian: sarna f
Spanish: corzo (es) m
Svan: ილუ̂ ( ilû )
Swedish: rådjur (sv)
Turkish: karaca (tr)
Ukrainian: козу́ля f ( kozúlja )
Venetian: caoriól , cavriól , cavriòło
Walloon: tchivroû (wa)
Welsh: iwrch (cy) m
West Frisian: ree (fy)
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