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Definition of Muntjaks
1. muntjak [n] - See also: muntjak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muntjaks
Literary usage of Muntjaks
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)
"It is the opinion of Sir TS Raffles that the muntjaks of the Indian Archipelago
never, or at least but seldom, renew theirs; and our own researches within ..."
2. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"... though persisting to the present time in the hornless Musk Deer and in the
small-antlered muntjaks, which can defend themselves with their sharp tusks. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The muntjaks are solitary animals, very rarely even two being seen together.
They are fond of hilly ground covered with forests, in the dense thickets of ..."
4. Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote by Hugh Murray, James Wilson, Robert Kaye Greville, Robert Jameson, Whitelaw Ainslie, William Rhind, William Wallace, Clarence Dalrymple (1832)
"... state of pregnancy, keeping at that time in the cover; and the backs are then
very vigilant and fierce in their defence." Passing over the muntjaks, ..."
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