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Webster 1913 Edition


Chevrotain

Chevˊro-tain′

,
Noun.
[F.
chevrotin
, OF.
chevrot
little goat, roe, dim. of
chevre
goat. See
Chevron
.]
(Zool.)
A small ruminant of the family
Tragulidæ
a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See
Kanchil
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chevrotain

CHEVROTAIN

,
Noun.
The smallest of the antelope kind.

Definition 2024


chevrotain

chevrotain

English

Noun

chevrotain (plural chevrotains)

  1. Any of several small hornless ruminants, of the genera Hyemoschus and Tragulus, native to tropical rainforests.

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