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Tragulidae

noun

chevrotains

• Syn: ↑family Tragulidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ruminantia, ↑suborder Ruminantia

• Member Meronyms: ↑chevrotain, ↑mouse deer, ↑Tragulus, ↑genus Tragulus, ↑Hyemoschus, ↑genus Hyemoschus

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\\trəˈgyüləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Tragulus, type genus + -idae

: a family of ruminant mammals (division Tragulina) comprising the chevrotains (as the kanchils, napus, and water chevrotain)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.