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stags

stags is the plural of stag.

Meaning of stag

Noun

stag (countable and uncountable, plural stags)

  1. (countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
    • The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2024
    Synonyms:
    buck, hart
  2. (Scotland, countable) A young horse (colt or filly).
  3. (UK) A male turkey: a turkeycock.
  4. (broadly, countable, obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.
  5. (countable) An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
  6. (countable) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

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What is stags the plural of?
Stags is the plural of stag.

Words near stags in the dictionary

  1. stagnum
  2. stagodontid
  3. stagodontids
  4. stagonolepidid
  5. stagonolepidids
  6. stags
  7. Stagsden
  8. stagskin
  9. stagskins
  10. stagwatch
  11. stagwatched

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