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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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Etymology

French chevrotain ‎(“little goat”), diminutive of chèvre ‎(“goat”)

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