Cervine
/ˈsəːvʌɪn/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A deer of the subfamily Cervinae; an Old World deer.
"The cervines are arguably Europe's greatest mammalian success story: the earliest type, Cervavitus, first appeared about 10 million years ago—in Europe."
Adjective
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer; deer-like. not-comparable
"To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’"
Adjective
- 1 relating to or resembling deer wordnet
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More examples"To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’"
Etymology
From Latin cervīnus, from cervus (“deer”).