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English noun: chamois

1. chamois (substance) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin


Synonymschammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather


Broader (hypernym)leather


Narrower (hyponym)wash leather

2. chamois (animal) hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips


SynonymsRupicapra rupicapra


Broader (hypernym)goat antelope


Member meronymgenus Rupicapra, Rupicapra









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