Chevrotain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several small deerlike hornless ruminants of the genera Hyemoschus and Tragulus native to the tropical rain forests of central Africa, India, and southeast Asia. Also called mouse deer.
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  • n. Any of several small hornless ruminants, of the genera Hyemoschus and Tragulus, native to tropical rainforests.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See kanchil.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name of the napu and other species of hornless pygmy deer of the genus Tragulus, resembling the musk-deer and often confused with it, but belonging to a different family, Tragulidæ.
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  • n. very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ruminant   
    Variant
    kanchil   
    Hyponym
    napu    kanchil    water chevrotain    water deer    tragulus javanicus   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mouse deer   
     
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