chevrotain : Idioms & Phrases

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water chevrotain

  • noun largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa
    Hyemoschus aquaticus; water deer.
WordNet
Wa"ter chev`ro*tain"
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.
Webster 1913