MUNTJAC


Meaning of MUNTJAC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmən(t)-ˌjak, ˈmən-ˌchak ]

noun

Etymology: Sundanese (Austronesian language of western Java) mənyčək

Date: circa 1798

: any of a genus ( Muntiacus ) of small deer of southeastern Asia with a cry similar to the bark of a dog and having in the male upper canine teeth elongated into small tusks — called also barking deer

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