雌め鹿じか

noun

doe; female deer

Refers specifically to a female deer. The reading めじか is standard; めしか is a less common variant. Obsolete readings めか and めが are not used in modern Japanese.

See also: 牡鹿

• 森もりの中なかで牝め鹿じかが草くさを食たべていた。

  A doe was eating grass in the forest.

• 牡お鹿じかと雌め鹿じかを見み分わけるのは難むずかしい。

  It's difficult to tell a buck from a doe.