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chevrotain

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Noun

HYPHEN

chev=ro=tain

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chevrotain has 1 sense

chevrotain(n = noun.animal) mouse deer - very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa;

is a kind of ruminant

is a member of family tragulidae, tragulidae

has particulars: kanchil, tragulus kanchil, napu, tragulus javanicus, hyemoschus aquaticus, water chevrotain, water deer

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chevrotain, n. [F. chevrotin, OF. chevrot little goat, roe, dim. of chevre goat. See Chevron.].

A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

chevrotain, (also chevrotin) n. any small deerlike animal of the family Tragulidae, native to Africa and SE Asia, having small tusks. Also called mouse deer.

Etymology

F, dimin. of OF chevrot dimin. of ch{egrave}vre goat