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Definition of Caprid

1. a. Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.

Definition of Caprid

1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus ''Capra'', is the type. ¹

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Definition of Caprid

1. a type of goat [n -S] - See also: goat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprid

Literary usage of Caprid

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

1. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Sweetland Dallas (1866)
"... the family we have now to consider,—the caprid^E or Sheep and Goat tribe,—is equally connected with it, by the Caprine Antelopes formerly described ..."

2. A Stem Dictionary of the English Language: For Use in Elementary Schools by John Kennedy (1890)
"Capr—goat; caprice (a sudden freak, like the frisk of a goat), capricom (the horned goat), caprid, caper (to ..."

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