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doe
the female of a deer or related animal
Not to be confused with:
dough – a thick mixture of flour or meal
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DOE
abbr.
1. Department of Education
2. Department of Energy
doe
(dō)n. pl. doe or does
1. A female deer.
2. The female of various other mammals, such as antelopes, kangaroos, mice, or rabbits.
[Middle English do, from Old English dā.]
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doe
(dəʊ)n, pl does or doe
(Zoology) the female of the deer, hare, rabbit, and certain other animals
[Old English dā; related to Old English dēon to suck, Sanskrit dhēnā cow]
Doe
(dəʊ)n
1. (Law) law (formerly) the plaintiff in a fictitious action, Doe versus Roe, to test a point of law. See also Roe
2. John Doe Jane Doe US an unknown or unidentified male or female person
DOE
orDoE
abbreviation for
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Canada and, formerly, in Britain) Department of the Environment
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US) Department of Energy
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doe
(doʊ)n., pl. does, (esp. collectively) doe.
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
[before 1000; Middle English do, Old English dā]
DOE
Department of Energy.
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Noun | 1. | DOE - the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI - an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community |
2. | doe - mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck' eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
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Translations
أُنْثى الأيِّل
сърна
laňsamicesrna
dåhunharehunkanin
cervinokuniklinoleporinosciurino
naarashirvinaarasjänis
nőstény nyúlőzsuta
hind
経験による
cerva
elnio ir pan. patelėkiškio ir pan. patelėtriušio ir pan. patelė
mātītestirna
košutakunicasrnazečica
hind
dişi geyikmaral
doe
[dəʊ] N (does or doe (pl)) (= deer) → cierva f, gama f; (= rabbit) → coneja f; (= hare) → liebre fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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doe
(dəu) noun the female of certain deer, and of the rabbit, hare etc.
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