Chēv'-ro-tāin', n.

n. [Fr., from O. Fr. chevrot, little goat, roe, diminutive of chèvre, goat, the same as the Lat. capra.] (Zoöl.) A species of the genus Moschus, related to the deer, but having no horns, and otherwise peculiar. It is small, light, and graceful, and lives in the mountains of Asia, from the Altai to Java. Dana.