roebuck
noun
a male roe deer.
roebucks
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pluralof roebuck.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Wild boars were plentiful, roebucks not so, hares innumerable in some of our battues.
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
The emperor lives thus till about Easter, hunting cranes, swans, hares, stags, roebucks, &c., and then returns to his capital, Cambaluc.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh
I saw with surprise also the roebucks running after one another, upon these same trees, leaping on the hanging rocks with incredible velocity, when they perceived any one following them.
It is well stocked with pheasants, roebucks, stags, and, it is said, there are also tigers and leopards in it.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
He replied: "In our forests there are nothing but stags, foxes, roebucks, and boars, with here and there a forester's house."
From Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant
