caprine
adj/ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Caprinae.
- borrowed from caprīnus
Definitions
Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
Goatlike
Goatlike: goatish; goaty.
A caprid
A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae).
- For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly.
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Alternative form of caprin.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for caprine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA