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Muntjac

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munt⋅jac

  [muhnt-jak]
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–noun
1. any of various small deer of the genus Muntiacus, of southern and eastern Asia and the adjacent islands, esp. M. muntjac, of Java, India, etc., having well-developed horns on bony pedicels.
2. any of the small deer of the related genus Elaphodus, of China and Tibet, having minute horns.
Also, muntjak.
Also called barking deer.

Origin:
1790–1800; (< D) < Sundanese mənyčək a kind of chevrotain; reason for subsequent application to this deer uncert.
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munt·jac also munt·jak   (mŭnt'jāk')   
n.  Any of several small deer of the genus Muntiacus of southeast Asia and the East Indies. Also called barking deer.

[Malay menjangan, deer.]
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