cervine

1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).

   Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)

   1 more example

   To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’

   1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 495

   Synonyms: deerish, deerlike, cervoid, cervid

   1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer in the narrow sense, that is, Cervinae, Capreolinae, or similar.

      Synonyms: deerish, deerlike, cervoid, cervid

plural cervines

1. broadlyinformalAny cervid/true deer.

   Synonyms: deer

   1. broadlyinformalagricultureA deer of the subfamily Cervinae, also idiomatically called the Old World deer in English (even though that term is a misnomer).

      The cervines are arguably Europe's greatest mammalian success story: the earliest type, Cervavitus, first appeared about 10 million years ago—in Europe.

      2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 106

      Synonyms: deer