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cervines

cervines is the plural of cervine.

Meaning of cervine

Noun

cervine (plural cervines)

  1. (broadly, informal) Any cervid/true deer.
    Synonyms:
    deer
    1. (broadly, informal) A deer of the subfamily Cervinae, also idiomatically called the Old World deer in English (even though that term is a misnomer).
      • The cervines are arguably Europe's greatest mammalian success story: the earliest type, Cervavitus, first appeared about 10 million years ago—in Europe.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 106

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Questions about cervines

What is cervines the plural of?
Cervines is the plural of cervine.

Words near cervines in the dictionary

  1. cervimetries
  2. cervimetry
  3. cervimycin
  4. cervimycins
  5. cervine
  6. cervines
  7. Cervis
  8. cervix
  9. cervix uteri
  10. cervixes
  11. cervoid

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