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cervine
[ sur-vahyn, -vin ]
adjective
- resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
- of deer or the deer family.
- of a deep tawny color.
cervine
/ ˈsɜːvaɪn /
adjective
- resembling or relating to a deer
- of a dark yellowish-brown colour
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cervine1
C19: from Latin cervīnus, from cervus a deer
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Example Sentences
It was a magnificent cervine army with white banners, and I shall never look upon its like again.
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The true cervine type of horn I have already described in its progress from youth to age.
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The next stage from the rusine to the cervine or elaphine type is the rucervine.
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I never saw the like, except in animals of the cervine tribe.
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