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roebuck

[ roh-buhk ]

noun

, plural roe·bucks, (especially collectively) roe·buck.
  1. a male roe deer.


roebuck

/ ˈrəʊˌbʌk /

noun

  1. the male of the roe deer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of roebuck1

First recorded in 1350–1400, roebuck is from the Middle English word robucke. See roe 2, buck 1
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Example Sentences

A spokesman said: "A passing boat tried to aid the rescue and lassoed the deer, unfortunately drowning the three-year-old roebuck."

From BBC

You were always able to roebuck and rewrite your part.

The Doctor thinks it the horn of a roebuck, or of the Ibex mas.

The walls are hung with trophies of sport, a forest of stags' horns, including wild fallow, wapiti, red-deer, chamois, and roebuck.

Archie knew every yard of country, and he rather liked heading his Lilliputian nag right away for a knoll or precipice, and bounding off it like a roebuck or Scottish deerhound.

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