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cervine en · ADJ

By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.

(not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).
- To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’ 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 495:
- Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)
(not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense). ▸ Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer in the narrow sense, that is, Cervinae, Capreolinae, or similar.

By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.

(broadly, informal) Any cervid/true deer.
(broadly, informal) Any cervid/true deer. ▸ A deer of the subfamily Cervinae, also idiomatically called the Old World deer in English (even though that term is a misnomer).
- The cervines are arguably Europe's greatest mammalian success story: the earliest type, Cervavitus, first appeared about 10 million years ago—in Europe. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 106:

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