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ˈhog-deer
1. The common name of a small Indian deer, Axis porcinus. (Sometimes also used to include A. maculatus.)
1771Pennant Synops. Quadrup. 52 Porcine Deer..called, from the thickness of their body, Hog Deer. 1843Sir W. Jardine Natur. Libr. XI. 170 1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 301 The hog-deer differs from the sambar by the absence of a mane on the neck and throat.
2. The Babiroussa or Indian hog.
1777Miller in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 171 Porcupines, and the small hog-deer. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. (1853) II. 148 The Babiroussa, or Babee rooso, a name which signifies Hog-deer, given to this animal probably on account of its longer legs and slender form. |