common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse
an odd mixture of disparate elements
hodgepodge
farrago
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
Elaphurus davidianus
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, informal
Père David's deer; elaphure
noun
something that resembles many other things partly, but none of them as a whole; mixture; neither fish nor fowl