hircine

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  1. adjective Of or characteristic of a goat, especially in strong odor.

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  1. Middle English hircyne, from Latin hircīnus, from hircus, goat.

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  1. = French hircine, from Latin hircinus, hirquinus, of a goat, goatish, from hircus, a goat: see hircus.
  2. from Latin hircus, a goat, + -ine. Cf. hircine, adjective
 

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/ˈhərsɪn/
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