MOUSE DEER

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Meaning:

Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa

Synonyms:

chevrotain; mouse deer

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Nouns denoting animals

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)