caprid

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Caprid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); also by surface analysis, capr- +‎ -id.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpɹɪd/

caprid (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the subfamily Caprinae of ruminants, of which the goat (genus Capra) is the type; Ovis (sheep) are also members.

   Synonym: caprine (synonymous in its broad sense)

   Hyponyms: caprine (hyponymous in its goat sense), ovine

caprid (plural caprids)

2. (zoology) Any member of the subfamily Caprinae.

   Synonyms: goat antelope, goat-antelope, caprine (broad sense)

   Hypernyms: bovid < ungulate < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponyms: caprine (goat sense), ovine, caprovine, ovicaprid

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