caprovine

English

Etymology

From Latin caper (“goat”) + Latin ovis (“sheep”). By surface analysis, capr- +‎ ovi- +‎ -ine.

Noun

caprovine (plural caprovines)

  1. A domestic sheep or goat. Also called a ovicaprid.
    • 1968, C. F. W. Higham, “Trends in Prehistoric European Caprovine Husbandry”, in Man‎[1], Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland:
      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.
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