caprine.
Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives). Of or relating to Capra (goats).
Goatlike: goatish; goaty.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Caprinae.
A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae).
A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae). A (domestic or wild) goat: any of certain caprids, the ones in the genus Capra.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Caprinae.
Alternative form of caprin.
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