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CAPREOLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capreolus mean? 

CAPREOLUS (noun)
  The noun CAPREOLUS has 1 sense:

1. roe deerplay

  Familiarity information: CAPREOLUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAPREOLUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Roe deer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Capreolus; genus Capreolus

Hypernyms ("Capreolus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Capreolus"):

Capreolus capreolus; roe deer (small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers)

Holonyms ("Capreolus" is a member of...):

Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)


 Context examples 


A calcium salt form of capreomycin, a cyclic polypeptide isolated from Streptomyces capreolus with antitubercular activity.

(Capreomycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A cyclic polypeptide isolated from Streptomyces capreolus with antitubercular activity.

(Capreomycin, NCI Thesaurus)



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