Also -ine, -yn, -eng. [Burmese thămín.] A deer (Cervus eldi) of Burmah and Siam, resembling the swamp deer.
1888. Cassell’s Encycl. Dict., Thamyn … Rucervus eldi, Eld’s Deer, so called from Captain Eld, who discovered it in 1838.
1900. Pollok & Thom, Sports Burma, iv. 136. In the tree-jungle beyond, I shot a thamine and hung it up.
1903. Edin. Rev., July, 197. A peculiar looking deer is the thameng.
