1. of, relating to, or resembling a deer or the deer family
Usage: formal or technical

Examples

• The cervine grace of the animal was evident in its elegant movements.
• Cervine features, such as slender legs and alert ears, are common among many hoofed mammals.
• The artist captured the cervine beauty of the doe in her landscape painting.
• Cervine antlers are shed and regrown annually in most species.
• The park's cervine population includes white-tailed deer and elk.