CHEVROTAIN

chevrotain. Chevrotain, n. the smallest of the antelop kind

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Chev′ro‐tain″ (?), n. [[F. chevrotin, OF. chevrot little goat, roe, dim. of chevre goat. See Chevron.]] (Zoöl.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.