caprine

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Word origins, C Which animal does the adjective caprine refer to?

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a goat.

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  • An "astonished" Nyamugabo discovered the caprine perps during a routine visit. —  The Register
  • Word origins, C Which animal does the adjective caprine refer to? —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • _Hemitragus_ is distinctly caprine. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • The pre-shearing gives rise to a temporary effect, the addition of whey protein particles to a permanent effect. acid acidification added adjunct amplitude application argentina automation behavior bibliography biochemical bond book bovine brownian calcium caprine carrageenan casein caseinate characterisation cheddar cheese cir coagulation collaboration colloids community compendium conditions co-products cremoso cross-linking culture curd cutting dairy deformation degradation denatured densification dishonest dissociation dws editorial efficient elasticity emulsions fat fermented file-import-09-03-12 file-import-09-03-13 film firming firmness flow foam foil food formation forms fourier fractals fracture frequency gdl gel gelatine gelation gels globule globules glucono-delta-lactone goat gravity groups guide handbook hardening heat heated high homogenization hot-wire hydrocolloid ideas induced industry iniative insoluble interactions interest k-carrageenan laborkaese lactobacilli laos large lesenswert light light-scattering lipolysis loss low making manual manufacturing mechanical membrane micelle micelles micells microbiology microfiltration microstructure milk milkproducts minerals miniature mixed model modulus molds monitoring motion no-access nondestructive non-food nonlinear nslab observational_approach online organizing oscillatory overshoot packaging particle ph phosphate plagiarism plastic politics polymer powder praktikum prediction privacy properties protein proteins protein-stabilized proteolysis rate raw reactions reconstitution relaxation rennet renneting rheological rheology rheometry ripening scattering science scientific separation serum shear sheep shrinking skim slub slub-print small sodium soft special spectroscopy srfs starch starter storage strain stress structure sven sweep syneresis system systems tangent teaching technology temperatue temperature test texture tgase time tomato transform transglutaminase treatment ultrasonic university vacuum value vdi viscoelasticity viscometry viscosity washed-curd whey whole work yield yogurt CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Viscount Kilgobbin '; various devices of' caprine 'significance, heads, horns, and hoofs, profusely decorating the frame. —  Lord Kilgobbin
 

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  1. Latin caprīnus, from caper, capr-, goat.

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  1. from Latin caprinus, from caper (capr-), a goat: see caper.
 

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/ˈkæprɪn/
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