plural does or doe
: the adult female of various mammals (such as a deer, rabbit, or kangaroo) of which the male is called buck
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Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Ward and several others herded the third deer toward the shore and used a rope to pull the doe out of the water, according to the police department.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Once tranquilized, Wallerstein and the police used bolt cutters to remove the tomato cage from around the doe’s body.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
During antlerless deer season, hunters can take deer without antlers, also called a doe.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Sometimes a less reliable dog will smell in this manner the hot body scent of venison as a trembling doe crouches close in the brush upwind.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Ward and several others herded the third deer toward the shore and used a rope to pull the doe out of the water, according to the police department.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Once tranquilized, Wallerstein and the police used bolt cutters to remove the tomato cage from around the doe’s body.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
During antlerless deer season, hunters can take deer without antlers, also called a doe.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Doe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doe. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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doe
noun
plural does or doe
: the female especially of an adult mammal (as a deer, an antelope, or a rabbit) of which the male is called buck
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