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Definition of Fallow deer

1. Noun. Small Eurasian deer.

Definition of Fallow deer

1. Noun. A ruminant mammal (''Dama dama'') belonging to the family Cervidae. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Fallow deer

1. A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks. Origin: So called from its fallow or pale yellow colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fallow Deer

Literary usage of Fallow deer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"on the geographical distribution of the fallow deer in present and in past time (NATURE, vol. xi. p. 71), and the careful criticism which it has called ..."

2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... or other ground, where any red or fallow deer shall be then kept, without the consent of the owner or person chiefly intrusted with the custody thereof, ..."

3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1887)
"... AND ON THE EVIL EFFECTS FROM CLOSE INTERBREEDING— CATTLE, CLOSELY INTERBRED; HALF-WILD CATTLE LONG KEPT IN THE BAME PARKS—SHEEP—FALLOW-DEER—DOGS, ..."

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