cervine
cervine · cervines
Any cervid/true deerAny cervid/true deer.
/ˈsəːvʌɪn/
Meaning
2 senses(broadly, informal)Any cervid/true deer.
Any cervid/true deer.
(broadly, informal)A deer of the subfamily Cervinae, also idiomatically called the Old World deer in English (even though that term is a misnomer).
Origin
By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.
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