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Fallow-deer definition

A small Eurasian deer (Dama dama) having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white in summer and broad, flattened antlers in the male.
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A small European deer (Dama dama) having a yellowish coat spotted with white in summer.
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A ruminant mammal (Dama dama) belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Attributive form of fallow deer, noun.

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Origin of fallow-deer

  • Obsolete fallow reddish- or brownish-yellow from Middle English falow, falwe from Old English fealu pel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fallow-deer Sentence Examples

  • Here may be mentioned the gigantic fossil deer commonly known as the Irish elk, which is perhaps a giant type of fallow-deer, and if so should be known as Cervus (Dama) giganteus.

  • Reedbuck, or rietbok (Cervicapra), are foxy-red antelopes ranging in size from a fallow-deer to a roe, with thick bushy tails, forwardly curving black horns, and a bare patch of glandular skin behind each ear.

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