barking deer

American  

noun

1. muntjac.

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barking deer British  

noun

1. another name for muntjac

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Etymology

Origin of barking deer

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Pangolins, porcupines, barking deer, buffalo and elephants share forests, clearings and riverbeds with monkeys, wild dogs, at least 40 different snakes, several of them poisonous.

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2010

It resembled that $ of a muntjac, also known as a barking deer, but the head and antlers were much larger and configured differently.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most zoos with animals like Tasmanian rat kangaroos, white dolphins, snow leopards, cheetahs and a rare Indian barking deer would be swamped with visitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

For years the 2.5 million acres of rain forest and the wildlife that lives in it--including tigers, leopards, barking deer and gibbons--were left alone while Cambodia was at war.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hill world waited for the winter; down a far valley we could hear a barking deer.

From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette