ADJECTIVE
-
being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats
a caprine voice
a caprine strain of virus
caprine creatures
How To Use caprine In A Sentence
- Further evidence for ceremonial feasting is indicated by the presence of quantities of cattle and caprine bones in funerary contexts.
- A total of 34 microsatellite primers, polymorphic in their respective species, were selected in this study (30 bovine [Bos taurus], 2 ovine [Ovis aries], and 2 caprine [Capra hircus]).
- The level of certainty is highest for bovine clones, followed in decreasing order of certainty, by porcine, caprine, and ovine clones.
- caprine creatures
- So when a tourist spot 750 miles away decided to deploy a rooftop-caprine population, Mr. Johnson made a federal case of it. Lars Johnson Has Goats on His Roof and a Stable of Lawyers to Prove It
- Like 'bovine' for cows, 'canine' for dogs, 'feline' for cats, and 'caprine' for goats. Writing a Farm Magazine Article
- Startled by the torchlight, their shallow caprine eyes gazed back in fear and incomprehension at the source.
- I stared at his crazy caprine eyes for several long moments.
- Two organisms have been reported as the causative agents for contagious caprine pleuropneumonia.
- Footage of the caprine capers attracted more than 6m views. Times, Sunday Times