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Definition of Muntjak
1. muntjac [n -S] - See also: muntjac
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muntjak
Literary usage of Muntjak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"The Ubi muntjak. ? (Cervus Aureus, Nob.) In Mr. Bullock's collection we found
another stuffed specimen of a female, which at first sight might be taken for ..."
2. The Natural History of the Ruminating Animals, by William Jardine (1835)
"THE muntjak, or Sumatra Roe, as it is occasionally termed, is at present best
... of the Cervus muntjak ; it differs in a small degree in the living animal, ..."
3. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"The most familiar ex- ample of the group is the muntjak of Java and Sumatra, ...
The muntjak is eagerly hunted, both for the sake of its flesh, ..."
4. The Hunting Grounds of the Old World by H. A. L. (Henry Astbury Leveson) (1865)
"The muntjak.—The silent approach of deer.—The Loris.—Native superstition.—The
route.—A Mulcher village.—News of a rogue elephant.—The rencontre. ..."
5. Shikar Sketches: With Notes on Indian Field-sports by James Moray Brown (1887)
"... or Hog-deer —Shoot One in a Snipe Jheel—The muntjak—Description— Their curious
Bark—'Paloo'—A Shot in the Hills—Jungle Fare—The Four-horned ..."
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