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tragule Zool.|ˈtrægjuːl|
[ad. mod.L. Tragulus, dim. of tragus, Gr. τράγος goat.]
A quadruped of the genus Tragulus, or of the family Tragulidæ of ruminants, found in India and Java, resembling small hornless deer; a chevrotain. So ˈtragulid, one of the Tragulidæ; ˈtraguline a., belonging to the Tragulina; also applied to a group of goat-like antelopes including the steenbok, Nanotragus tragulus; ˈtraguloid a., akin in form to the Tragulidæ; n. a member of this group.
1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 559 This third portion [of the stomach] is wanting in the Tragulidæ and Tylopoda. 1883List Anim. Zool. Soc. 176 Family Tragulidæ. Genus Tragulus [3 species]. 1891Cent. Dict., Tragule... Traguline... Traguloid, a. 1891Flower & Lydekker Mammals 307 Leptomeryx, from the Miocene of the United States, is regarded as a Traguloid. 1896tr. Boas' Text Bk. Zool. 509 The Tragulids (Tragulidæ) form a circumscribed group of small Ruminants without antlers;..in most respects nearly allied to the Cervidæ. |