| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  fôn |
| NOUN: | 1. A young deer, especially one less than a year old. 2. A grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French foun, faon, feon, young animal, from Vulgar Latin *f t , *ftn-, from Latin ftus, offspring. See dh(i)- in Appendix I.
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