cervine

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin cervīnus, from cervus (“deer”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈsəːvʌɪn/

Adjective [edit]

cervine (not comparable)

  1. 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.’

Italian [edit]

Adjective [edit]

cervine f

  1. Feminine plural form of cervino

Anagrams [edit]

Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

cervīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of cervīnus
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