Definition of Capricornis

1. Noun. Serows.

Exact synonyms: Genus Capricornis
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Serow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capricornis

Capps
Capps' reflex
Capra
Capra aegagrus
Capra falconeri
Capra hircus
Capra ibex
Caprella
Capreolus
Capreolus capreolus
Capri
Capricorn
Capricorn the Goat
Capricornian
Capricornians
Capricornis
Capricorns
Capricornus
Caprifoliaceae
Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgus
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Caprimulgus europaeus
Caprimulgus vociferus
Caproidae
Capromyidae
Capros
Capros aper
Caps Lock

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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