cervine
Americanadjective
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resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
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of deer or the deer family.
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of a deep tawny color.
adjective
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resembling or relating to a deer
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of a dark yellowish-brown colour
Etymology
Origin of cervine
First recorded in 1825–35; from Latin cervīnus “of or pertaining to a deer,” equivalent to cerv(us) “deer” + -īnus adjective suffix. See -ine 1
Example Sentences
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But biologists have found that after a big cat dines equine, they’re less enthusiastic about cervine.
From Los Angeles Times
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
From Project Gutenberg
It was a magnificent cervine army with white banners, and I shall never look upon its like again.
From Project Gutenberg
DESCRIPTION.—A horse-like animal at the first glance, owing to its lean head, long, flat, and deep neck, and high withers, but with cervine hind-quarters, lower than in front.
From Project Gutenberg
Moose, as well as other members of the cervine family, live mostly on the shoots of trees, but they die mostly by the shoots of hunters.
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