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cervine.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsəːvʌɪn/UK
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).

    not-comparable
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense). Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer in the narrow sense, that is, Cervinae, Capreolinae, or similar.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.

noun/ˈsəːvʌɪn/UK
  1. Any cervid/true deer.

    broadly · informal
  2. Any cervid/true deer. A deer of the subfamily Cervinae, also idiomatically called the Old World deer in English (even though that term is a misnomer).

    broadly · informal
Where this word comes from

By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.

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