napohn.
/ˈnɑːpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnɑpoʊ/ Now rare.
The greater chevrotain or mouse deer, Tragulus napu, of South-East Asia.
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musk-goat1601
musk deer1673
pelandok1701
hog deer1711
Guinea deer1752
chevrotain1774
mouse deer1778
kanchil1822
napoh1822
tragule1859
water chevrotain1866
traguline1872
deerlet1878
tragulid1889
traguloid1891
1822 T. S. Raffles in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 261 Moschus. The Malays distinguish three species or varieties of this genus, viz. the Napu,..the Kanchil.., and the Pelandok.
1871 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (rev. ed.) lxxvii. 562 The musk-gland is wanting in the Napu (Moschus Javanicus) of Java.
1965 C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari ii. 26 A napoh or large mouse deer had just emerged from the jungle.
2002 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 5 I get..to study animal marks, especially hoof or paw prints of pelandok, napoh and kijang.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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