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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
mouse deer
 
NOUN: See chevrotain.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably alteration of musk deer (influenced by mouse, from its small size).
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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  mouse mouse-ear chickweed  
 
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