chevrotain

n. 鼷鹿

发音

UK /ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)teɪn/
其它
US /ˈʃɛvɹəˌteɪn/

词形变化

chevrotains 复数 chevrotains

别名

chevrotin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae, native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa.

    鼷鹿

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

mouse deer

上位词 1

ruminant

下位词 3

kanchil napu water deer

相关短语

Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain

词源

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).

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