caprine

adj

1. Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
2. (often, specifically)Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
3. Goatlike: goatish; goaty.

noun

1. A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae).

   “For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly.”

   “Middle seventh-millennium BC domesticated caprines near the Red Sea coast may be introductions from across the Red Sea or along its coastal margins from the north (Vermeersch et al. 1994: 39), perhaps emphasizing the Red Sea littoral as a distinctive cultural area rather than a barrier or route to somewhere else.”

   “The caprines (a group that includes the goats, sheep and ibex) originated about 11 million years ago in either Africa or Europe, the earliest fossils coming from Africa and Greece.”

2. (often, specifically)A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae).
3. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of caprin.