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1. (n.) chamois
an agile goat antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe.
2. chamois
a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil.
3. chamois
a piece of this leather.
4. chamois
a cotton cloth simulating this leather.
5. (v.t.) chamois
to dress (a pelt) to produce chamois.
6. chamois
to rub or buff with a chamois.
Etymology: (1525–35; < MF < LL camox)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather
a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
2. (noun) chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra
hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) chamois
a small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase
2. (noun) chamois
a soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy
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Sense: a small antelope living in mountainous country.
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 Afrikaans: gemsbok |
 Arabic: ظَبْيُ الجِبال |
 Bulgarian: дива антилопа |
 Brazilian: camurça |
 Czech: kamzík |
 German: die Gemse |
 Danish: gemse |
 Greek: αγριοκάτσικο |
 Spanish: gamuza |
 Estonian: mägikits |
 Farsi: بز کوهی |
 Finnish: gemssi |
 French: chamois |
 Hebrew: יָעֵל |
 Hindi: सांभर |
 Croatian: divokoza |
 Hungarian: zerge |
 Indonesian: rusa gunung |
 Icelandic: gemsa |
 Italian: camoscio |
 Japanese: れいよう |
 Korean: (알프스 영양) 쌰모아 |
 Lithuanian: gemzė |
 Latvian: kalnu kaza |
 Malay: rusa gunung |
 Dutch: gems |
 Norwegian: gemse |
 Polish: giemza |
 Persian: بز کوهی |
 Pashto: غرڅه: دپه يا وزې پخه او پ |
 Portuguese: camurça |
 Romanian: capră neagră |
 Russian: серна |
 Slovak: kamzík |
 Slovenian: gams |
 Serbian: divokoza |
 Swedish: stenget, gems |
 Thai: ตัวชามัวร์ |
 Turkish: dağ keçisi |
 Taiwanese: 小羚羊 |
 Ukrainian: сарна |
 Urdu: چھوٹا مگر مچھ |
 Vietnamese: con sơn dương |
 Chinese: 小羚羊 |
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