Meanings
adjectiveantidorcine (comparative more antidorcine, superlative most antidorcine)
comparative more antidorcine · superlative most antidorcine
- Relating to, or resembling, springboks.
It is surely no coincidence that the two African and the three Eurasian tribes that seem to have antidorcine ancestry are predominantly grazers, particularly in the larger size ranges.
1988 December 29, Jonathan Kingdon, East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part C: Bovids, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 15
Origin
From taxonomic name Antidorcas + -ine.
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APA
antidorcine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidorcine
MLA
“antidorcine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidorcine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antidorcine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidorcine.
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