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    CHEVROTAIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    chevrotain; mouse deer

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("chevrotain" 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 "chevrotain"):

    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 ("chevrotain" is a member of...):

    family Tragulidae; Tragulidae (chevrotains)

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