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cap⋅rine

[kap-rahyn, -rin]
–adjective
of or pertaining to goats.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L caprīnus; see caper 1 , -ine 1
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cap·rine   (kāp'rīn')   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characteristic of a goat.

[Latin caprīnus, from caper, capr-, goat.]
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caprine cap·rine (kāp'rēn')
n.
See norleucine.

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