chevrotain

chev·ro·tain

 (shĕv′rə-tān′)

n.

Any of several small deerlike hornless ruminants of the genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus, native to tropical and subtropical forests of India, Southeast Asia, and west-central Africa. Also called mouse deer.

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[French chevrotin, from Old French, diminutive of chevrot, kid, diminutive of chevre, goat, from Latin capra, she-goat, feminine of caper, goat.]

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chevrotain

(ˈʃɛvrəˌteɪn; -tɪn)

n

(Animals) any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines. Also called: mouse deer

[C18: from French, from Old French chevrot kid, from chèvre goat, from Latin capra, feminine of caper goat]

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chevrotain - very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa mouse deer ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments family Tragulidae, Tragulidae - chevrotains kanchil, Tragulus kanchil - small chevrotain of southeastern Asia napu, Tragulus Javanicus - chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya Hyemoschus aquaticus, water chevrotain, water deer - largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa

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