Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Capridæ or Caprinæ; relating to a goat; hircine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the tribe of
ruminants of which thegoat , orgenus Capra , is the type. - noun zoology Any member of the Capridae.
Etymologies
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Latin caper, capra (goat)
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Examples
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A combination of refined sensibility and urban ignorance of nature prevented them from discerning certain glaring facts that betrayed his caprid origin.
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869
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