Roebuck
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Roebuck - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
ROEBUCK, n.
1. A species of deer, the Cervus capreolus, with erect cylindrical branched horns, forked at the summit. This is one of the smallest of the cervine genus, but of elegant shape and remarkably nimble. It prefers a mountainous country, and herds in families.
2. Roe, the female of the hart.
ROE, n.
The seed or spawn of fishes. The roe of the male is call soft roe or milt; that of the female, hard roe or spawn.
In other dictionaries
Read “Deer” in the 10 dictionaries- DeerEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- RoeEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- DeerInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- DoeInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- FawnInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Roe; RoebuckInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- DeerSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- Roe, RoebuckSmith’s Bible Dictionary
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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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