fallow deer

noun

fallow deer

either of two deer, Dama dama or D. mesopotamica , native to the Mediterranean region and Persia respectively. The antlers are flattened and the summer coat is reddish with white spots

First recorded in 1540–50

This appears clear from Aristotle placing the bubalus with the stags and fallow deer, and not with the oxen.

There are many herds of them in the royal menagerie; and they produce together as freely as the fallow-deer.

It would be a difficult point to determine the original species of the fallow-deer.

It was a good load for Cudjo, and proved upon closer acquaintance to be as large as a fallow-deer.

In this undulating preserve, dotted with stately oaks, is kept a large herd of fallow-deer, tame almost to temerity.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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