Water deer

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:21:06

Wa"ter deer` (?). Zool. (a)

A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks.

(b)

The water chevrotain.

 

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