Dama

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A genus or subgenus of deer; the fallow-deer. The common European species is Cervus dama, also known as Dama platyceros.
  • noun. This, the generic name for the European fallow-deer, Dama dama, or D. vulgaris, was for a short time used for the American deer generally placed in the genus Odocoileus of Rafinesque, which has precedence over Cariacus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a genus of deer including the Eurasian fallow deer, Dama dama.
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  • noun. fallow deer
  • Word Usage
    "And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called, in their proper tongue, Acel'dama, that is to say, The field of blood."
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    Drama  Fujiyama  Fukuyama  Gama  Hama  
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    Cara  Palma  Sava  amicizia  avrebbe  
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