caprine
See also: capriné
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Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. By surface analysis, Capr(a) + -ine or Capr(inae) + -ine.
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caprine (comparative more caprine, superlative most caprine)
- Of or relating to Capra (goats).
- Coordinate term: ovine
- Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives): caprid.
- Hyponym: ovine
- Goatlike: goatish; goaty.
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caprine (plural caprines)
- Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini.
- 2008, Charles R. Peters, et al., 3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics, page 77,
- By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines, while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980).
- 2010, Aharon Sasson, Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation, Herd Management and Economic Strategies, page 47:
- 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.
- 2011, Joy McCorriston, Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East, page 123:
- Middle seventh-millennium BC domesticated caprines near the Red Sea coast may be introductions from across the Red Sea or along its coastal margins from the north (Vermeersch et al. 1994: 39), perhaps emphasizing the Red Sea littoral as a distinctive cultural area rather than a barrier or route to somewhere else.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 105:
- The caprines (a group that includes the goats, sheep and ibex) originated about 11 million years ago in either Africa or Europe, the earliest fossils coming from Africa and Greece.
- 2008, Charles R. Peters, et al., 3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics, page 77,
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caprine (uncountable)
- Alternative form of caprin
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caprine
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caprine
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caprīne
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caprine f
- inflection of caprină: