thaminn.
/θəˈmɪn/ A deer ( Cervus eldi) of Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand, resembling the swamp deer.
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1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Thamyn..Rucervus eldi, Eld's Deer, so called from Captain Eld, who discovered it in 1838.
1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam iv. 136 In the tree-jungle beyond, I shot a thamine and hung it up.
1903 Edinb. Rev. July 197 A peculiar looking deer is the thameng.
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