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capreolate

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cap⋅re⋅o⋅late

  [kap-ree-uh-leyt, kuh-pree-]
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–adjective
Biology. having or resembling tendrils.
Origin:
1730–40; < L capreol(us) roe deer, vine-tendril (appar. from the tendrillike shape of the deer's horn; see capriole ) + -ate 1
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