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spayards

spayards is the plural of spayard.

Meaning of spayard

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

Questions about spayards

What is spayards the plural of?
Spayards is the plural of spayard.

Words near spayards in the dictionary

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

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