Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small deer of the genus Tragulus, found in Java; a pygmy deer, deerlet, or chevrotain, as Tragulus pygmæus T.kanchil. See Tragulus.
Wiktionary
- n. zoology A small, agile chevrotain of the genus Tragulus.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. Tragulus pygmæus, or Tragulus kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small chevrotain of southeastern Asia
Etymologies
- Malay. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Tragulus kanchil, are common to Sumatra and Borneo, but do not extend into Java, where they are replaced by Tragulas javanicus.”
“So also the great Malay deer (Rusa equina), and the small Tragulus kanchil, are common to Sumatra and Borneo, but do not extend into Java, where they are replaced by Tragulas javanicus.”
“Of a kanchil measured at Batavia the extreme length was sixteen inches, and the height ten behind, and eight at the shoulder.”
“oh yah i was gonna say. u should tell her that your dad also have kanchil, kelissa, myvi, wira, satria and proton saga. she got or not? don't have right? like that also don't have LOL!”
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