"chevrotain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)teɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃɛvɹəˌteɪn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chevrotain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chevrotains [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French chevrotain, chevrotin (“ruminant of the family Tragulidae”), the diminutive of Old French chevrot (“young goat, kid”), itself a diminutive of chievre (“goat”) (modern French chèvre (“she-goat”)) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Chievre is derived from Latin capra (“she-goat”), from caper (“billy goat, he-goat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“billy goat, he-goat”)) + -a (suffix forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kápros}}, {{vern|lesser Malay chevrotain}} lesser Malay chevrotain, {{vern|lesser mouse-deer}} lesser mouse-deer, {{taxlink|Tragulus kanchil|species}} Tragulus kanchil, {{bor|en|fr|chevrotain}} French chevrotain, {{glossary|diminutive}} diminutive, {{der|en|fro|chevrot|t=young goat, kid}} Old French chevrot (“young goat, kid”), {{cog|fr|chèvre|t=she-goat}} French chèvre (“she-goat”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{!}} |, {{der|en|la|capra|t=she-goat}} Latin capra (“she-goat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kápros|t=billy goat, he-goat}} Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“billy goat, he-goat”), {{glossary|feminine}} feminine, {{glossary|masculine}} masculine, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-noun}} chevrotain (plural chevrotains)
  1. Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer. Categories (lifeform): Even-toed ungulates Hyponyms: Balabac chevrotain (taxonomic: Tragulus nigricans), Indian spotted chevrotain (taxonomic: Moschiola indica), larger Malayan chevrotain, larger Malay chevrotain, lesser Malayan chevrotain, lesser Malay chevrotain, silver-backed chevrotain (taxonomic: Tragulus versicolor), Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain (taxonomic: Moschiola meminna), water chevrotain (taxonomic: Hyemoschus aquaticus), yellow-striped chevrotain (taxonomic: Moschiola kathygre) Translations (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae): peulandôk (Acehnese), طرغولية (Arabic), maralçalar (Azerbaijani), kancil (Balinese), pironuk (Bau Bidayuh), еленчета (elenčeta) (Bulgarian), мишевидните елени (miševidnite eleni) (Bulgarian), ငယ် (ngai) (Burmese), tràgul [masculine] (Catalan), pelanuok (Central Melanau), 鼷鹿 (xīlù) (Chinese Mandarin), dwerghert [neuter] (Dutch), dwergmuskusdier [neuter] (Dutch), tragolo (Esperanto), kääpiökauris (Finnish), chevrotain [masculine] (French), ირმულასებრნი (irmulasebrni) (Georgian), Hirschferkel [neuter] (German), Zwergböckchen [neuter] (German), kancsil (Hungarian), kancil (Indonesian), pelanduk (Indonesian), fia luiche [masculine] (Irish), seibhreatán [masculine] (Irish), tragulo [masculine] (Italian), 豆鹿 (mamejika) (alt: まめじか) (Japanese), kancil (Javanese), ಬರ್ಕ (barka) (Kannada), palanduk (Kimaragang), elniukiniai (Lithuanian), kančiliai (Lithuanian), kancil (Malay), pelanduk (Malay), ചെവ്റോടെയ്ൻ (cevṟōṭeyṉ) (Malayalam), കൂരമാൻ (kūramāṉ) (Malayalam), पिसूरी हरीण (pisūrī harīṇ) (Marathi), dvergmoskusdyr (Norwegian Bokmål), dvergmoskusdyr (Norwegian Nynorsk), kanczyl [masculine] (Polish), tragulídeo [masculine] (Portuguese), trágulo [masculine] (Portuguese), cervo-rato [masculine] (Portuguese), pelanok (Sebop), pecang (Sundanese), paa-chonge (Swahili), mushjort [common-gender] (Swedish), palanuk (Tagal Murut), kidang (Tagalog), pilandok (Tagalog), சருகுமான் (carukumāṉ) (Tamil), మౌస్ డీర్ (maus ḍīr) (Telugu), กระจง (grà-jong) (Thai), cheo (Vietnamese), cheo cheo (Vietnamese), gafrewigan [feminine] (Welsh), panduk (West Coast Bajau)

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          "code": "mel",
          "lang": "Central Melanau",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "pelanuok"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xīlù",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
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          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "tragolo"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "kääpiökauris"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chevrotain"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "irmulasebrni",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "ირმულასებრნი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Hirschferkel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Zwergböckchen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "kancsil"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "kancil"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "pelanduk"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fia luiche"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "seibhreatán"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tragulo"
        },
        {
          "alt": "まめじか",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mamejika",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "豆鹿"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "kancil"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "barka",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "ಬರ್ಕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kqr",
          "lang": "Kimaragang",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "palanduk"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "elniukiniai"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "kančiliai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "kancil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "pelanduk"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "cevṟōṭeyṉ",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "ചെവ്റോടെയ്ൻ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kūramāṉ",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "കൂരമാൻ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "pisūrī harīṇ",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "पिसूरी हरीण"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "dvergmoskusdyr"
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          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kanczyl"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tragulídeo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trágulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cervo-rato"
        },
        {
          "code": "sib",
          "lang": "Sebop",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "pelanok"
        },
        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "pecang"
        },
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "paa-chonge"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mushjort"
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          "code": "mvv",
          "lang": "Tagal Murut",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "palanuk"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "kidang"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "pilandok"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "carukumāṉ",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "சருகுமான்"
        },
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "maus ḍīr",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "మౌస్ డీర్"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "grà-jong",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "กระจง"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "cheo"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "cheo cheo"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gafrewigan"
        },
        {
          "code": "bdr",
          "lang": "West Coast Bajau",
          "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
          "word": "panduk"
        }
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      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "peulandôk"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "maralçalar"
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      "code": "ban",
      "lang": "Balinese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kancil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sne",
      "lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "pironuk"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "elenčeta",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "еленчета"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "miševidnite eleni",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "мишевидните елени"
    },
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ngai",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "ငယ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tràgul"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "pelanuok"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīlù",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "鼷鹿"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dwerghert"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dwergmuskusdier"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "tragolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kääpiökauris"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chevrotain"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "irmulasebrni",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "ირმულასებრნი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hirschferkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zwergböckchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kancsil"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kancil"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "pelanduk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fia luiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seibhreatán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tragulo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まめじか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mamejika",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "豆鹿"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kancil"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "barka",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "ಬರ್ಕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kqr",
      "lang": "Kimaragang",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "palanduk"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "elniukiniai"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kančiliai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kancil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "pelanduk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "cevṟōṭeyṉ",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "ചെവ്റോടെയ്ൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kūramāṉ",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "കൂരമാൻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pisūrī harīṇ",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "पिसूरी हरीण"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "dvergmoskusdyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "dvergmoskusdyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanczyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tragulídeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trágulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cervo-rato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sib",
      "lang": "Sebop",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "pelanok"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "pecang"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "paa-chonge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mushjort"
    },
    {
      "code": "mvv",
      "lang": "Tagal Murut",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "palanuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "kidang"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "pilandok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "carukumāṉ",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "சருகுமான்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "maus ḍīr",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "మౌస్ డీర్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-jong",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "กระจง"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "cheo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "cheo cheo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gafrewigan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bdr",
      "lang": "West Coast Bajau",
      "sense": "any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae",
      "word": "panduk"
    }
  ],
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}

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