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Definition of Capricornis
1. Noun. Serows.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Serow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capricornis
Literary usage of Capricornis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"Capricornis. Tail short, flattened. ... Capricornis, Gray, Cat. ... BM Black;
chin and linear nuchal mane yellowish. Capricornis sumatrensis, Gray, Cat. ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"18. Inhabits Sumatra. Mus. Leyden. 2. Capricornis ... Capricornis crispa, Gray,
Knows. Menag. 18. Inhabits Japan. Mus. Leyden. ..."
3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"46. Capricornis rubida, Blyth Cat., p. 174 (1863). Capricornis ... P Capricornis
milne-edwardsii, David N. Arch. Mus., v. bulletin, p. ю (•869). ..."
4. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1922)
"5, as Echinocactus capricornis major. Plate xxi, figure i, is from a painting by
EI Schutt of a plant collected by CA Pur- pus at Parras, Mexico. 4. ..."
5. Camps and Trails in China: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport by Roy Chapman Andrews, Yvette Borup Andrews (1918)
"... the single species Capricornis sumatrensis. With this opinion I am inclined
to agree, although I have not yet had sufficient time in which to thoroughly ..."
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