cervine

[sur-vahyn, -vin]

adjective

1. resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.

2. of deer or the deer family.

3. of a deep tawny color.

cervine

/ ˈsɜːvaɪn /

adjective

1. resembling or relating to a deer

2. of a dark yellowish-brown colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of cervine¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cervine¹

C19: from Latin cervīnus, from cervus a deer

Example Sentences

But biologists have found that after a big cat dines equine, they’re less enthusiastic about cervine.

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The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.

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It was a magnificent cervine army with white banners, and I shall never look upon its like again.

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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.

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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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