| 释义 |
ˈmouse-deer
Also 9 moose-.
[Moose-deer and mouse-deer seem to be corruptions of musk-deer, a name which was early misapplied to this animal; the former due to association with the known moose-deer = moose, the latter perh. suggested by the animal's small size and the colour of its hair.]
A chevrotain, a small deer-like mammal of the genus Tragulus, found in southern Asia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.
1836Penny Cycl. VI. 454/1 (Ceylon) There is also another of very diminutive size, called the moose deer. 1874Jerdon Mammals of India 269 Memimna indica... The Mouse-deer. 1914Oxf. Survey Brit. Empire II. xii. 383 The Indian pig, the mouse-deer..are found throughout the territories. 1965R. McKie Company of Animals x. 153 Joe's mouse-deer are about nine inches high. 1969Ld. Medway Wild Mammals Malaya 106/1 Mouse-deer are true forest mammals. |