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mouse deer

mouse deer

noun

  1. another name for chevrotain
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mouse deer1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

Its gender is not yet known however it is only the second mouse deer to be born at the zoo in the last decade.

From BBC

Images of the silver-backed chevrotain, commonly called the Vietnamese mouse deer, were captured in the wild by trap cameras, Global Wildlife Conservation said.

Conservationists say images of the silver-backed chevrotain, commonly called the Vietnamese mouse deer, were captured in the wild by trap cameras.

A distinctly two-tone mouse deer that was feared lost to science has been captured on film foraging for food by camera traps set up in a Vietnamese forest.

Footage has been released of what is thought to be the first Philippine mouse deer born in the UK.

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