chamois

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	goat antelope,
definition	:	bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus rupicapra, rupicapra,
definition	:	chamois (noun.animal)

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

hypernym	:	leather,
definition	:	an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	wash leather,
definition	:	piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing (noun.substance)