Goatlike vs Caprine - What's the difference?
goatlike | caprine |
Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe .
* 2008 , Charles R. Peters, et al.'', ''3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem'', A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, ''Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics ,
* 2010 , Aharon Sasson, Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation, Herd Management and Economic Strategies ,
* 2011 , Joy McCorriston, Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East ,
As adjectives the difference between goatlike and caprine
is that goatlike is resembling a goat or some aspect of one while caprine is of or relating to goats.As a noun caprine is
any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe .caprine
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See also
* haedine * hircineNoun
(en noun)page 77,
- By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines', while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and ' caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980).
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- For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly.
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- Middle seventh-millennium BC domesticated caprines near the Red Sea coast may be introductions from across the Red Sea or along its coastal margins from the north (Vermeersch et al. 1994: 39), perhaps emphasizing the Red Sea littoral as a distinctive cultural area rather than a barrier or route to somewhere else.
