caprineadj.
/ˈkaprʌɪn//ˈkaprɪn/ Of or pertaining to a goat; goat-like.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [adjective]
goatish?1499
goaty1600
caprine1607
hircine1656
goatly1658
capriform1847
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 284 These eies..their colour varieth as it doth in men, according to the caprine and glazie humor.
1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 236 That which in their Physiognomy is canine, vulpine, caprine.
1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles II. 310 The Caprine population has undergone the same revolution.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §267 Other Caprine Antelopes (often designated as Goats) are found in Asia.
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adj.1607- woollish
- woollock
- woolloft
- woolly
- woolly bear
- woolly boy
- woolly butt
- woolly mammoth
- woolly pully
- woolly sheep
- woolly thistle
- woolly worm
- woolly-butted
- woolly-coated
- woolly-haired
- woolly-head
- woolly-headed
- woolly-headed thistle
- woolly-leaved
- woolly-looking
- woolly-minded
- woolly-mindedness
- woolly-pated
- woolly-tailed
- woolly-witted