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Definition of caprine in English: caprineadjective ˈkaprʌɪnˈkæpraɪn Relating to or resembling goats. （与）山羊（有关）的；似山羊的 Example sentencesExamples - The level of certainty is highest for bovine clones, followed in decreasing order of certainty, by porcine, caprine, and ovine clones.
- Even my law-and-order father loosens up, providing the appropriate barnyard noises that accompany the singing of Chad Gadya (‘One kid that father bought’ - of the caprine persuasion).
- Kids get some as they grow, but the ‘teenagers’ - caprine heifers - get none until the last few weeks of pregnancy.
- Further evidence for ceremonial feasting is indicated by the presence of quantities of cattle and caprine bones in funerary contexts.
- I stared at his crazy caprine eyes for several long moments.
- For example, the portico's cornice, which in Egypt would exhibit cobra head uraei, is surmounted instead by a row of bearded caprine heads.
- Startled by the torchlight, their shallow caprine eyes gazed back in fear and incomprehension at the source.
- His robe has come undone in the process, exposing his caprine lower half.
- Here the salesman gave a broad smile, an action that made him look more caprine than the beast on the line.
- She backed away, with what I guess was disgust, but the caprine expressions were always the hardest for me to fathom.
- Although the entire work shares stylistic traits, such as the rendering of caprine heads and lion's paws, that indicate a probable common production, the maker employed two separate artistic traditions.
- 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]).
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin caprinus, from caper, capr- 'goat'. Definition of caprine in US English: caprineadjectiveˈkæpraɪnˈkaprīn Relating to or resembling goats. （与）山羊（有关）的；似山羊的 Example sentencesExamples - Further evidence for ceremonial feasting is indicated by the presence of quantities of cattle and caprine bones in funerary contexts.
- Even my law-and-order father loosens up, providing the appropriate barnyard noises that accompany the singing of Chad Gadya (‘One kid that father bought’ - of the caprine persuasion).
- She backed away, with what I guess was disgust, but the caprine expressions were always the hardest for me to fathom.
- The level of certainty is highest for bovine clones, followed in decreasing order of certainty, by porcine, caprine, and ovine clones.
- 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.
- Kids get some as they grow, but the ‘teenagers’ - caprine heifers - get none until the last few weeks of pregnancy.
- 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]).
- His robe has come undone in the process, exposing his caprine lower half.
- Although the entire work shares stylistic traits, such as the rendering of caprine heads and lion's paws, that indicate a probable common production, the maker employed two separate artistic traditions.
- For example, the portico's cornice, which in Egypt would exhibit cobra head uraei, is surmounted instead by a row of bearded caprine heads.
- Here the salesman gave a broad smile, an action that made him look more caprine than the beast on the line.
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin caprinus, from caper, capr- ‘goat’. |