Definitions
mature female of mammals of which the male is called ‘buck’
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“A doe from round a spruce stood looking at them Across the wall, as near the wall as they. She saw them in their field, they her in hers.”
“The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.”
“As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Female rabbit or deer”3 letters
02“Mother deer”3 letters
03“Mother of a fawn”3 letters
04“John ___”3 letters
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