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hircose

hircose adjective: of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.

Adjective

hircose (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine

Origin of hircose

By surface analysis, hirc- (“buck, male goat”) + -ose. Ultimately related to Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”)

Words formed from hircose

Questions about hircose

What does hircose mean?
Hircose means of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
What part of speech is hircose?
Hircose is an adjective.

Words near hircose in the dictionary

  1. hircin
  2. hircine
  3. hircinous
  4. hircismus
  5. hircocervus
  6. hircose
  7. hircosity
  8. hircurra
  9. hircurrah
  10. hircurrahs
  11. hircurras

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