/shev"reuh tayn', -tin/ , n.
any very small, deerlike ruminant of the family Tragulidae, of Africa, tropical Asia, the Malay Peninsula, etc. Also called mouse deer .
[ chevrotin roe deer under the age of six months, equiv. to MF chevrot kid ( chevre goat (see CHEVON) + -ot dim. suffix) + -in -INE 1 ]