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Definition of Genus capra
1. Noun. Goats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Caprine Animal, Goat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Capra
Literary usage of Genus capra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"Mr. Hodgson, in the memoir above alluded to, after re- Fischer (1829) arranges
the genus Capra (which he divides into two sections, 1, Barbate, ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"... arranges the genus Capra under the same order, between Antilope and Ovit, ...
Fischer (1829) arranges the genus Capra (which he divides into two ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1838)
"... males odorous of the genus Capra. But, after all, there are no physical
distinctions at all equivalent to the moral ones so finely and truly delineated ..."
4. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"j • -\ A Mammal genus capra. sheep and Goats are so closely connected that it is
Case 40.] almost impossible to draw a satisfactory line of distinction ..."
5. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1905)
"314) a very useful account of the genus Capra, recognizing ten species, among
which were included the two ..."
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