caprovine
caprovine noun: a domestic sheep or goat.
Noun
caprovine (plural caprovines)
Adjective
caprovine (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or designating domestic sheep or goats.
- Four questions are inherent in any reconstruction of prehistoric caprovine (sheep and goat) husbandry from faunal remains: the ratio of sheep to goats, the sex-ratio, the distribution of age with death, and the relative numerical importance of the two species within the faunal spectrum.1968, C. F. W. Higham, “Trends in Prehistoric European Caprovine Husbandry”, in Man, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
- We can conclude at this point that communitie with caprovine husbandry are certainly attested in northern Africa, particularly in Sudan, at about 5000 bc.2005, Peter Bellwood, “Africa: An Independent Focus of Agricultural Development?”, in The First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies, Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 106
- Synonyms:
- ovicaprid
Synonyms of caprovine
Forms of caprovine
| plural | caprovines |
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Origin of caprovine
From Capra + Ovis, the genus names of the goat and sheep, respectively, + English -ine.. By surface analysis, capr- + ovi- + -ine.
Questions about caprovine
- What does caprovine mean?
- Caprovine means a domestic sheep or goat.
- What part of speech is caprovine?
- Caprovine can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of caprovine?
- The plural of caprovine is caprovines.
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