Definition of Genus Capra

1. Noun. Goats.

Exact synonyms: Capra
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Caprine Animal, Goat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Capra

genus Campyloneurum
genus Campylorhynchus
genus Canachites
genus Cananga
genus Canangium
genus Canavalia
genus Cancer
genus Candida
genus Canella
genus Canis
genus Canna
genus Cannabis
genus Cantharellus
genus Capella
genus Capparis
genus Capra (current term)
genus Caprella
genus Capreolus
genus Capricornis
genus Caprimulgus
genus Capros
genus Capsella
genus Capsicum
genus Caragana
genus Caranx
genus Carcharhinus
genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine

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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