Water deer \Wa"ter deer`\ (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small Chinese deer ({Hydropotes inermis}). Both sexes
are destitute of antlers, but the male has large,
descending canine tusks.
(b) The water chevrotain.
water deer
n : largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa [syn: {water
chevrotain}, {Hyemoschus aquaticus}]