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Definition of Capra
1. Noun. United States film maker (1897-1991).
2. Noun. Goats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Caprine Animal, Goat
Definition of Capra
1. n. A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.
Medical Definition of Capra
1. A genus of ruminants (family Bovidae) that includes the goat, ibex, and related animals; Capra hircus is the domestic goat. Origin: L. A she-goat (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capra
Literary usage of Capra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"capra, sp. a. 40625. Fragment of the left half of the calvarium and part of the
... capra, sp. o. Apparently allied to the living Indian Cafra megaceros. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"As to the yf'elim ("wild goats," AV), it is not at all improbable that some
species of ibex is denoted, perhaps the capra ..."
3. Andrea Palladio: His Life and Works by Banister Fletcher (1902)
"Block type (as the Villa capra) without wings. Type 2. ... THE VILLA capra (also
known as the " Rotonda," from its circular hall), (Plates 25, 26, ..."