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caprigenous

caprigenous adjective: resembling or originating from goats.

Adjective

caprigenous (not comparable)

  1. Resembling or originating from goats.

Origin of caprigenous

From Latin capra or caper (“goat”), + -genous.

Questions about caprigenous

What does caprigenous mean?
Caprigenous means resembling or originating from goats.
What part of speech is caprigenous?
Caprigenous is an adjective.

Words near caprigenous in the dictionary

  1. caprifoles
  2. caprifoliaceous
  3. capriform
  4. caprify
  5. caprifying
  6. caprigenous
  7. caprimulgid
  8. caprimulgids
  9. caprimulgiform
  10. caprimulgiforms
  11. caprin

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