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doe

Pronunciation: /dəʊ/

The English word “doe” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
  2. A female fallow deer.
  3. A female rabbit or hare.
  4. A female squirrel.
  5. A female kangaroo.

Etymology

From Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”), from Old English dā, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Middle Scots da, dae (“female fallow deer”), Danish då (“fallow deer”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to…

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