cervine
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin cervīnus, from cervus (“deer”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
cervine (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a deer; deer-like.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 495:
- To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 495:
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
cervine f
- Feminine plural form of cervino
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
cervīne
- vocative masculine singular of cervīnus