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chevrotain, -in|ˈʃɛvrəʊteɪn, -tɪn|
[a. F. chevrotin (-ain), dim. of OF. chevrot, itself orig. a dim. of chèvre she-goat.]
The smaller species of Musk Deer, found in S.E. Asia and the adjacent islands.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. I. ii. iii. 311 The chevrotin, or little Guinea deer..the least of all cloven-footed quadrupeds. 1847Carpenter Zool. §277 The true Musk-Deer inhabit..central Asia..The other Musk-Deer to which the general name of Chevrotains is given, are inhabitants of Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, and Southern India. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life 27 The Tragulidæ are small deer-like animals, known as chevrotains or mouse-deer. 1883I. L. Bishop Sk. in Malay Penin. in Leisure H. 85/1 The palandok or chevrotin, the hog deer..and the sambre, may not be far off. |