roe deer

American  

noun

1. a small, agile Old World deer, Capreolus capreolus, the male of which has three-pointed antlers.

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roe deer British  

noun

1. a small graceful deer, Capreolus capreolus , of woodlands of Europe and Asia. The antlers are small and the summer coat is reddish-brown

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Etymology

Origin of roe deer

before 1000; Old English rāhdēor (not recorded in ME)

Example Sentences

The deer shown in the video clip is likely a roe deer, Timothy Van Deelen, a professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told the AP.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

As I walked, a prairie dog yelped, and roe deer scurried down into the valley.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

More recently, Mrs Maddams tried her luck with her remote camera in her local woods and was rewarded with a badger and a roe deer.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2021

“Generally baby roe deer are smaller than the height of the grass,” he said.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2021

The former bodyguard said Kim Jong II often went there to hunt roe deer, pheasants, and wild geese.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden