cervine

[ sur-vahyn, -vin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
of deer or the deer family.
of a deep tawny color.

cervine

/ ˈ��ɜː��ɪ�� /

adjective

resembling or relating to a deer
of a dark yellowish-brown colour

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cervine¹

First recorded in 1825–35; from Latin ��ī�Գܲ� “of or pertaining to a deer,” equivalent to cerv(us) “deer” + -ī�Գܲ� adjective suffix. See -ine ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cervine¹

C19: from Latin ��ī�Գܲ�, from cervus a deer

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Example Sentences

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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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The true cervine type of horn I have already described in its progress from youth to age.

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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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Cervin cervix

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