water chevrotain

2 definitions found

water chevrotain - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water chevrotain \Wa"ter chev`ro*tain"\ (Zool.)
     A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It
     has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied
     species. Called also water deerlet.
     [1913 Webster]

water chevrotain - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  water chevrotain
      n 1: largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa [syn:
           water chevrotain, water deer, Hyemoschus aquaticus]