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mouse deer

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mouse deer
n.
See chevrotain.
[Probably alteration of musk deer (influenced by mouse, from its small size).]
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Noun1.mouse deermouse deer - very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
chevrotain
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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