Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of deer.
- adjective Of or belonging to the family Cervidae, which includes the deer, moose, and elk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to deer, or animals of the family Cervidæ.
- Of a deep-tawny or fawn color; dun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family
Cervidæ .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
deer ; deer-like.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or resembling deer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On cervine carbon-fibre pins, she is a paralympic runner.
Archive 2007-05-01 Kay Olson 2007
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On cervine carbon-fibre pins, she is a paralympic runner.
Ode to Sitemeter Kay Olson 2007
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If you insist on using a cervine as a perjorative, may I suggest the shiftless caribou?
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But, for the time being, this cervine creature will not be seen in cyberspace.
Bull Moose 2006
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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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The true cervine type of horn I have already described in its progress from youth to age.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The next phase of development of which we have examples in India is the true cervine or elaphine type of horn in which the brow-tine is doubled by the addition of the bez; the royal is greatly enlarged at the expense of the tres-tine, and breaks out into the branches known as the sur-royals.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The next stage from the rusine to the cervine or elaphine type is the rucervine.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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-- A horse-like animal at the first glance, owing to its lean head, long, flat, and deep neck, and high withers, but with cervine hind-quarters, lower than in front.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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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.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
emily_morine commented on the word cervine
Deer-like.
December 8, 2006