fallow deernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfæl.əʊ ˌdɪər/us/ˈfæl.oʊ ˌdɪr/plural fallow deera small deer of Europe and Asia that is grey in winter and pale brown with white spots in summer
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Deer & antelope
- antelope
- buck
- caribou
- chamois
- deer
- doe
- fawn
- gazelle
- gnu
- hart
- hind
- moose
- okapi
- reindeer
- roe deer
- springbok
- stag
- wapiti
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Examples from literature
- A few fallow deer moved quietly down there, ruddy spots against the turf.
- In the forests were red deer and fallow deer, bears, otters, beavers, and foxes, besides animals unknown in Europe.
- It is in fact the pure wild fallow deer that stocks the parks of Europe, and if I am rightly informed is only to be found wild in Asia Minor, and even there it is rare.
- The fallow deer is said to have been introduced by the Romans, and domesticated ever since in the successive parks of Celt and Saxon, Dane and Norman.
- The fallow deer stole near to them with noiseless feet, regarding them out of their large gentle eyes with looks of comradeship.