roebuck
noun
- male roe deer
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/
name
- A surname.
- A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- A townland in County Dublin, Ireland.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok.
- A male roe deer.
“From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]”