chevrotain

chev•ro•tain n.

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

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chevrotain /ˈʃɛvrəˌteɪn; -tɪn/ n

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 caninesAlso 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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