Alternative form of DeForest

Alternative form of DeForest

(slang, humorous) Deer.

plural of forest steppe

(ecology, geography) A temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest.

(UK, historical) An officer appointed chief of Windsor, to hear all causes of death or maim, or of the slaughter of the king's deer.

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.

(forestry) A forest which has been harvested and is regrowing.

(forestry) A forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

A subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus fennicus, found only in Eastern Finland and Russian Karelia.