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cervine

[ sur-vahyn, -vin ]

adjective

  1. resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
  2. of deer or the deer family.
  3. of a deep tawny color.


cervine

/ ˈ²õɜ˱¹²¹Éª²Ô /

adjective

  1. resembling or relating to a deer
  2. of a dark yellowish-brown colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cervine1

First recorded in 1825–35; from Latin ³¦±ð°ù±¹Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ “of or pertaining to a deer,†equivalent to cerv(us) “deer†+ -Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ adjective suffix. See -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cervine1

C19: from Latin ³¦±ð°ù±¹Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ, from cervus a deer
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But biologists have found that after a big cat dines equine, they’re less enthusiastic about cervine.

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The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.

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It was a magnificent cervine army with white banners, and I shall never look upon its like again.

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There are many other points also, such as the fawns being spotted, some intestinal peculiarities, and the molar and premolar teeth being strictly cervine, which strengthen him in his opinion.

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Moose, as well as other members of the cervine family, live mostly on the shoots of trees, but they die mostly by the shoots of hunters.

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