Definition of Capreolus

1. Noun. Roe deer.

Exact synonyms: Genus Capreolus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Capreolus Capreolus, Roe Deer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capreolus

Capparidaceae
Capparis
Capparis arborea
Capparis cynophallophora
Capparis flexuosa
Capparis mitchellii
Capparis spinosa
Capps
Capps' reflex
Capra
Capra aegagrus
Capra falconeri
Capra hircus
Capra ibex
Caprella
Capreolus (current term)
Capreolus capreolus
Capri
Capricorn
Capricorn the Goat
Capricornian
Capricornians
Capricornis
Capricorns
Capricornus
Caprifoliaceae
Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgus
Caprimulgus carolinensis

Literary usage of Capreolus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Sub-Genus Capreolus. 947. A single horn of the Tartarian Roe. Young. ... Cervus Capreolus—Lin: (Capreolus Dorcas—Gesn : i Chevreuil de L'Europe—Cuv:) Fig. ..."

2. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"Capreolus capr<ea. THE ROE DEER The deer are often divided by zoologists into two groups, both, unfortunately, with very long names. ..."

3. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"THE ROEBUCK (Cerous capreolus) Is one of the least of the Deer kind known in these climates, being not above three feet in length, and two in height, ..."

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