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Definition of Mouse deer
1. Noun. Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa.
Generic synonyms: Ruminant
Group relationships: Family Tragulidae, Tragulidae
Specialized synonyms: Kanchil, Tragulus Kanchil, Napu, Tragulus Javanicus, Hyemoschus Aquaticus, Water Chevrotain, Water Deer
Definition of Mouse deer
1. Noun. A chevrotain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouse Deer
Literary usage of Mouse deer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"Mouse-deer (eye) fruit "(Mal. buah (mata) ... Pa. Max. [connected with D 8i or
86 ?]. 84. DEER,ie mouse-deer: usua(>), Bes. AI ; usau ? ..."
2. Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: A Record of Intimate by Edwin Herbert Gomes (1911)
"In the Dyak stories the mouse-deer and the tortoise—two of the smallest animals
they know—are generally represented either acting in concert or individually ..."
3. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore (1916)
"Numerous tales are told of the tricks played by the mouse- deer on the crocodile.
Once the former wished to cross a river which he was unable to wade or ..."
4. Oceanic [mythology] by Roland Burrage Dixon (1916)
"Numerous tales are told of the tricks played by the mouse- deer on the crocodile.
Once the former wished to cross a river which he was unable to wade or ..."
5. In Malay Forests by William George Maxwell (1907)
"On another occasion the mouse-deer challenged the crocodile to a tug-of-war,—the
... The mouse-deer tied his end of the rope to the top of a cocoanut-tree, ..."
6. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"mouse deer.* SIZE. — Length, 22 to 23 inches; tail, inches. Weight, 5 to 6 Ibs.
inches; height, 10 to 12 The above measurements and weight are taken from ..."
7. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"Mouse-deer (eye) fruit "(Mal. buah (mata) ... Pa. Max. [connected with D 8i or
86 ?]. 84. DEER,ie mouse-deer: usua(>), Bes. AI ; usau ? ..."
8. Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: A Record of Intimate by Edwin Herbert Gomes (1911)
"In the Dyak stories the mouse-deer and the tortoise—two of the smallest animals
they know—are generally represented either acting in concert or individually ..."
9. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore (1916)
"Numerous tales are told of the tricks played by the mouse- deer on the crocodile.
Once the former wished to cross a river which he was unable to wade or ..."
10. Oceanic [mythology] by Roland Burrage Dixon (1916)
"Numerous tales are told of the tricks played by the mouse- deer on the crocodile.
Once the former wished to cross a river which he was unable to wade or ..."
11. In Malay Forests by William George Maxwell (1907)
"On another occasion the mouse-deer challenged the crocodile to a tug-of-war,—the
... The mouse-deer tied his end of the rope to the top of a cocoanut-tree, ..."
12. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"mouse deer.* SIZE. — Length, 22 to 23 inches; tail, inches. Weight, 5 to 6 Ibs.
inches; height, 10 to 12 The above measurements and weight are taken from ..."
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