a. [ad. L. caprīn-us, f. caper goat; cf. F. caprin.] Of or pertaining to a goat; goat-like.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1673), 228. These eyes … their colour varieth as it doth in Men, according to the caprine and glazie humour.
1660. Gauden, Brounrig, 236. That which in their Physiognomy is canine, vulpine, caprine.
1824. J. Macculloch, Highl. Scotl., II. 310. The Caprine population has undergone the same revolution.
1847. Carpenter, Zool., § 267. Other Caprine Antelopes (often designated as Goats) are found in Asia.
