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spayard

/ˈspaɪə(ɹ)d/

spayard noun: the hart in its third year; a young deer.

Noun

spayard (plural spayards)

  1. (obsolete) The hart in its third year; a young deer.
    • A new membrane destined to be converted into horn develops itself, pushing away the old horn, and the spayard drops his dags, the stag and the hart their horns with antlers.1865 April 22, unattributed, “Antlers”, in All the Year Round, page 304

Forms of spayard

pluralspayards

Questions about spayard

What does spayard mean?
Spayard means the hart in its third year; a young deer.
What part of speech is spayard?
Spayard is a noun.
How do you pronounce spayard?
Spayard is pronounced /ˈspaɪə(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of spayard?
The plural of spayard is spayards.

Words near spayard in the dictionary

  1. spaxel
  2. spaxels
  3. spay
  4. spayad
  5. spayads
  6. spayard
  7. spayards
  8. spayart
  9. spayarts
  10. Spayd
  11. spayde

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