What is another word for hircine?

Pronunciation: [hˈɜːsiːn] (IPA)

Hircine is an adjective that pertains to or resembles a goat or a goat-like animal. It is also derived from the Latin word "hircinus," which means goatish. Some synonyms for hircine include Caprine, goat-like, fawn, and stag. The term can also be used to describe a musky or goat-like smell, which can also be referred to as goatish, rancid or pungent odor. Additional synonyms for hircine include gamic, musky, and barnyard. These words are useful when trying to describe an animal that has typical goat-like characteristics or a strong aroma associated with goats or the barnyard.

Usage examples for Hircine

The professor glared across the room like an infuriated animal, a comparison heightened by his notoriously hircine appearance.
"Max Carrados"
Ernest Bramah
That pale Judas face, with scanty, hircine beard, and an expression changing often from spiteful to cunning, could belong only to a Yankee paymaster or commissary, detected in his frauds before he had made up a pile high enough to defy justice; for swindler is not quite safe till he is nearly a "milliner."
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence

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