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单词 rangerine
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rangerineadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Rangerinae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Rangerinae, former subfamily name ( J. E. Gray Catal. Mammalia Brit. Mus. (1852) III.188; compare quot. 1852), apparently < French ranger reindeer (1718), variant of Middle French, French rangier (13th cent. in Old French as rengier ; < Danish rendyr reindeer n.) + scientific Latin -inae -ine suffix1. Compare rangiferine adj. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ræ·ndʒĕrəin) /ˈrændʒəraɪn/.
Zoology. Obsolete.
= rangiferine adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [adjective] > of or relating to other types
capreoline1835
rangerine1852
rangiferine1890
furciferine1891
1852 J. E. Gray Catal. Mammalia Brit. Mus. III. 185 The Rangerine Deer have a large, basal anterior snag to the horns, close to the crown or bur, and no muffle.
1874 Amer. Cycl. V. 757/2 The alcine deer will be described in the article Elk, and the elaphine under Stag; the rangerine have been described under Caribou.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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