mouse deer

1. 1.

   very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa

   Synonymschevrotain

   Broaderruminant

   Narrowerkanchilnapuwater chevrotain

   Part ofTragulidae

Questions about mouse deer

What does mouse deer mean?

mouse deer means "very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa".

What is another word for mouse deer?

Close synonyms include chevrotain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mouse deer a common word?

mouse deer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.