water deer

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   largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa

   Synonymswater chevrotainHyemoschus aquaticus

   Broaderchevrotain

   Part ofHyemoschus

Questions about water deer

What does water deer mean?

water deer means "largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa".

What is another word for water deer?

Close synonyms include water chevrotain, Hyemoschus aquaticus. 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 water deer a common word?

water 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.