Caprovine
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A domestic sheep or goat. Also called a ovicaprid.
"Four questions are inherent in any reconstruction of prehistoric caprovine (sheep and goat) husbandry from faunal remains: the ratio of sheep to goats, the sex-ratio, the distribution of age with death, and the relative numerical importance of the two species within the faunal spectrum."
Example
More examples"Four questions are inherent in any reconstruction of prehistoric caprovine (sheep and goat) husbandry from faunal remains: the ratio of sheep to goats, the sex-ratio, the distribution of age with death, and the relative numerical importance of the two species within the faunal spectrum."
Etymology
From Latin caper (“goat”) + Latin ovis (“sheep”). By surface analysis, capr- + ovi- + -ine.
More for "caprovine"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.