noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fallow deer
roe deer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fallow
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We have 300 water deer and 100 fallow deer.
red
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The farms below become dots as you climb and heather, alpine plants and red deer now mark you progress.
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Thus, bull elephant seals and red deer stags are big, armed, and dangerous.
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There are 4,000-6,000 red deer in Devon and Somerset; 1,000 need to be culled annually for a stable population.
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It was hardly the romantic image of red deer !
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The tracks show a gentle canter, no wild chase after red deer .
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The roaring and parallel walks of the red deer may be safe trials of strength.
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In the Zirgana mountains large red deer softly returned their gaze from an apprehensive distance.
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Tim Clutton-Brock and Steve Albon played tape-recordings of red deer roars to a real stag.
small
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She stepped into a clearing and a small herd of deer on the far edge raised their heads to watch her.
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As I looked down at Maria, I remembered the small deer I had wounded as a boy.
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Suddenly a small group of deer moves past the lime trees quietly.
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The Trunchbull started advancing slow and soft-footed upon Rupert in the manner of a tigress stalking a small deer .
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Suddenly a small group of deer jump out from the other side of a hedge.
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Father was sitting cross-legged by the remains of a fire on which he had roasted the leg of a small deer .
wild
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To its rear is a gate leading directly to the Palace through the Royal Park with its free-roaming wild deer .
■ NOUN
park
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The boundaries of the medieval deer park which gave the village its name will be examined.
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One outstanding local example was the Broyle in Ringmer, 2000 acres of scrub and clay mire, an old deer park .
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It has a deer park around it and a really pretty church virtually in the back yard.
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The most picturesque approach to Kyburg castle is through the Eschenberg forest, past the Bruderhaus deer park .
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Though small it was spacious, with its deer park and Addison's Walk along the bank of the Cherwell.
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We reached a deer park almost on the Point but unfortunately didn't see any deer.
roe
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I often see foxes, roe deer and red squirrels in the conifer plantation there.
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Larger numbers of roe deer live near there and Czechoslovakia still has bears and wolves roaming in the wild.
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Other animals you might spot in the woodlands are red squirrels and roe deer .
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It may be possible at certain times of the day to observe roe deer in adjoining fields. 2.
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It may predate larger animals as well as small mammals, with records of prey as large as juvenile foxes and roe deer .
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She has hunted wild game, mainly roe deer and moose, and has had little impact on livestock.
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The muntjac and roe deer are browsers, living either singly or in very small groups throughout the year in dense woodland.
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A roe deer came down into reeds opposite to munch at green stuff.
■ VERB
catch
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Deer trail fresh, maybe catch deer along blowpipe.
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Wildfowl, such as ducks and geese, were caught , and deer , boar and hares were hunted.
hunt
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There was a lot of shooting and fishing and hunting of deer .
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Mark deployed his vivid imagination in a wild-child narrative to create a boy who hunts deer , bears, and birds.
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The Qawrighul people hunted deer , wild sheep and birds, and fished.
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In autumn they hunted deer on Joseph Creek on their return.
kill
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In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished, and in five years they had all been killed off.
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I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you.
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Nobody was killed by a panicked deer or a stray arrow to spoil her happiness.
see
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We reached a deer park almost on the Point but unfortunately didn't see any deer.
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I am flabbergasted, having only seen deer as the shyest of animals.
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I often see foxes, roe deer and red squirrels in the conifer plantation there.
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I saw fresh moose and deer trails leading from the forest below into this new feeding ground.
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Quiet and observant walkers may see red deer along this particular stretch.
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I heard wild turkeys gobbling and saw white-tailed deer .
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They're deer-stealers - I saw a dead deer in their car.
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We saw no deer all week.
shoot
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Along the way we noticed young pine trees with cloth wrapped around the top shoots to stop deer eating them.
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You and your son had just shot a deer .
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I suspected that some one was shooting deer , which are feared to transmit foot and mouth disease.
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We had not done the right thing when we shot the deer .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
like a rabbit/deer caught in headlights
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A deer makes tracks in the snow.
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I heard wild turkeys gobbling and saw white-tailed deer .
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It is framed by gentle hills that look down on oak groves that abound with deer , bobcats and golden eagles.
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Normally he's in charge of the deer , but all the staff double as guides.
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The Qawrighul people hunted deer , wild sheep and birds, and fished.
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They're deer-stealers - I saw a dead deer in their car.
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We still have lots of deer , very little water and not many open spaces.