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单词 chevrotain
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
chev•ro•tain  (shevrə tān′, -tin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalsany very small, deerlike ruminant of the family Tragulidae, of Africa, tropical Asia, the Malay Peninsula, etc. Also called mouse deer. 
  • French, apparently Buffon's alteration of chevrotin roe deer under the age of six months, equivalent. to Middle French chevrot kid (chevre goat (see chevon) + -ot diminutive suffix) + -in -ine1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chevrotain /ˈʃɛvrəˌteɪn -tɪn/ n
  1. any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
    Also called: mouse deer
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Old French chevrot kid, from chèvre goat, from Latin capra, feminine of caper goat
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