a. [f. L. elaph-us, a. Gr. ἔλαφ-ος stag, deer + -INE.] Belonging to or resembling the stag.
1835. Swainson, Quadrupeds, 292. The elaphine group.
1857. Fraser’s Mag., LVI. 209/1. The elaphine group … is principally represented in India by the pretty spotted Axis or Ganges Stag.
