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Chinese water deer

British  

noun

  1. a small Chinese or Korean deer, Hydropotes inermis, having tusks and no antlers: introduced into England and France

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Three other Asiatic species - sika, Chinese water deer and muntjac - all arrived in the late 19th Century.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

He said it helped control numbers of the deer, including muntjac and Chinese water deer, which he said were at an "all-time high".

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2023

They are present in the males of all species except the Chinese water deer, and the very divergent musk-deer, which probably should not be regarded as a deer at all.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

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