mouse-deer

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊs.dɪɹ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊs.dɪə/

mouse-deer (plural mouse-deers or mouse-deer)

1. Alternative form of mouse deer.
   • 1909 September, C[ecil] Boden Kloss, “The Primates, Carnivores and Ungulates of the Peninsular Region”, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 53, Singapore: […] The Methodist Publishing House, →OCLC, page 43:

     The Mouse-deer are small animals, entirely hornless but with long sharp canines present in the upper jaw of the males.

• deer mouse, deermouse