English Explanatory Dictionary

cervine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer in the narrow sense, that is, Cervinae, Capreolinae, or similar.
noun
  1. Any cervid/true deer.
  2. A deer of the subfamily Cervinae, also idiomatically called the Old World deer in English (even though that term is a misnomer).

Pronunciation

/ˈsəːvʌɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cervine.wav

Word forms

cervine cervines

Etymology

By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.

Synonyms

deerish deerlike cervoid cervid deer
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