water deer

2 definitions found

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

  Water deer \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.
         [1913 Webster]

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

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