Water deer

Water deer
Water deer Wa"ter deer` (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small Chinese deer ({Hydropotes inermis}). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks. (b) The water chevrotain. [1913 Webster]

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