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Dama

noun

fallow deer

• Syn: ↑genus Dama

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cervidae, ↑family Cervidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑fallow deer, ↑Dama dama

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\\ˈdāmə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from L. dama, damma fallow deer, antelope, chamois, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish dam ox, dam allaid stag, Welsh dafad sheep, OCornish dauat; akin to Greek damalēs young bull, Sanskrit damya young bull, dāmyati he tames — more at tame

1. capitalized : a genus of deers consisting of the fallow deer

2. -s [New Latin (specific epithet of Gazella dama), from Latin, fallow deer] : addra

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Dama

see Damara.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.