ˈhog-deer
1. The common name of a small Indian deer, Axis porcinus. (Sometimes also used to include A. maculatus.)
| 1771 Pennant Synops. Quadrup. 52 Porcine Deer..called, from the thickness of their body, Hog Deer. 1843 Sir W. Jardine Natur. Libr. XI. 170 1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 301 The hog-deer differs from the sambar by the absence of a mane on the neck and throat. |
2. The Babiroussa or Indian hog.
| 1777 Miller in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 171 Porcupines, and the small hog-deer. 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. (1853) II. 148 The Babiroussa, or Babee rooso, a name which signifies Hog-deer, given to this animal probably on account of its longer legs and slender form. |