| 单词 | caprine |
| 释义 | caprine (once / 1074483 pages) adj If something reminds you of a goat, you can describe it as caprine. You might tell your cousin that you love his caprine beard. If you decide your little farm needs some caprine residents, it means that you're planning to get some goats. When you run into caprine complications, they will probably involve goats nibbling on things they're not supposed to eat. The adjective caprine, "goat-like," has been around since about 1600, and it comes from the Latin root word caper, or "goat." WORD FAMILYcaprine USAGE EXAMPLESTo capture my caprine victim, I crept forwards on my belly, lined up the perfect headshot, and poomf! down it went. The Guardian(Jun 11, 2015) Male with a beard and smell in male. caprine smell. Various, American Big Game in Its Haunts(2010) Like the chamois, it has a gland below and behind the ear, the secretion of which has a caprine odor. Various, American Big Game in Its Haunts(2010) adj being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats caprine creatures a caprine strain of virus a caprine voice |
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