A deer (Axis axis) of India and surrounding areas having brownish hair with white spots.
ETYM French chevrotin, Old Fren. chevrot little goat, roe, dim. of chevre goat. Related to Chevron.
Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa; SYN. mouse deer.
Small deerlike mammal of E Indies and Africa; mouse-deer.