caprovine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A domestic sheep or goat.
adj
Of, relating to, or designating domestic sheep or goats.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "We can conclude at this point that communitie with caprovine husbandry are certainly attested in northern Africa, particularly in Sudan, at about 5000 bc."
- "As regards the bovine and caprovine remains associated in these sites to the Cardial style pottery, [Marta] Camps (1982) noted that “It would seem that in this area the introduction of domesticated animals coincided with the beginning of the pottery production.”"
Etymology
From Capra + Ovis, the genus names of the goat and sheep, respectively, + English -ine.. By surface analysis, capr- + ovi- + -ine.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: -ine