muntjac

(munt′jak′)

noun

any of a genus (Muntiacus) of small jungle deer of Southeast Asia and the East Indies: the males have horns and long, sharp, tusklike canine teeth

Origin: < Jav & Malay menjangan

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also munt·jak

noun

Any of several small deer of the genus Muntiacus of southeast Asia and the East Indies. Also called barking deer.

Origin:

Origin: Malay menjangan, deer

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