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antidorcine

antidorcine adjective: relating to, or resembling, springboks.

Adjective

antidorcine (comparative more antidorcine, superlative most antidorcine)

  1. Relating to, or resembling, springboks.
    • It is surely no coincidence that the two African and the three Eurasian tribes that seem to have antidorcine ancestry are predominantly grazers, particularly in the larger size ranges.1988 December 29, Jonathan Kingdon, East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part C: Bovids, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 15

Forms of antidorcine

comparativemore antidorcine
superlativemost antidorcine

Origin of antidorcine

From taxonomic name Antidorcas + -ine.

Questions about antidorcine

What does antidorcine mean?
Antidorcine means relating to, or resembling, springboks.
What part of speech is antidorcine?
Antidorcine is an adjective.

Words near antidorcine in the dictionary

  1. antidopaminergic
  2. antidopaminergics
  3. antidope
  4. antidoping
  5. antidora
  6. antidorcine
  7. antidormancy
  8. antidormant
  9. antidoron
  10. antidorsalizing
  11. antidot

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