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
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The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
It was a magnificent cervine army with white banners, and I shall never look upon its like again.
From Woodcraft by Sears, George Washington
Bishop, J., on the vocal organs of frogs; on the vocal organs of cervine birds; on the trachea of the Merganser.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
There are many other points also, such as the fawns being spotted, some intestinal peculiarities, and the molar and premolar teeth being strictly cervine, which strengthen him in his opinion.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
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.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 by Various
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