chamois (n.)

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

    [ Syn: chamois leather , chammy , chammy leather , shammy , shammy leather ]

  2. hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips

    [ Syn: rupicapra rupicapra ]

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