| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| chevrotain |
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| SYLLABICATION: | chev·ro·tain |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sh v r -t n |
| NOUN: | Any of several small deerlike hornless ruminants of the genera Hyemoschus and Tragulus native to the tropical rain forests of central Africa, India, and southeast Asia. Also called mouse deer. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French chevrotin, from Old French, diminutive of chevrot, kid, diminutive of chevre, goat, from Latin capra, she-goat, feminine of caper, goat.
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