caprine
See also: capriné
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
caprine (comparative more caprine, superlative most caprine)
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Noun
caprine (plural caprines)
- Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- 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.
- 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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- Goat-antelope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- caprid
- ovine
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (tribe within subfamily Caprinae)
Etymology 2
Noun
caprine (uncountable)
- Alternative form of caprin
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French
Adjective
caprine
Italian
Adjective
caprine
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Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) caprīne