CAPREOLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capreolus mean? 

• CAPREOLUS (noun)
  The noun CAPREOLUS has 1 sense:

1. roe deer

  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)