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MOUSE DEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mouse deer mean?
• MOUSE DEER (noun)
The noun MOUSE DEER has 1 sense:
1. very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
Familiarity information: MOUSE DEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chevrotain; mouse deer
Hypernyms ("mouse deer" is a kind of...):
ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mouse deer"):
kanchil; Tragulus kanchil (small chevrotain of southeastern Asia)
napu; Tragulus Javanicus (chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya)
Hyemoschus aquaticus; water chevrotain; water deer (largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa)
Holonyms ("mouse deer" is a member of...):
family Tragulidae; Tragulidae (chevrotains)
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