caprine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae).
    — 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).
  2. Alternative form of caprin. alt-of,alternative,uncountable
  3. 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. often,specifically
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
  2. Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).; Of or relating to Capra (goats). often,specifically
  3. Goatlike: goatish; goaty.

词形变化

more caprine comparative most caprine superlative caprinic alternative caprines plural caprinic alternative

词汇关系

相关词
caper Capricorn haedine hircine

词源

Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Caprinae.
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