capriped
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English
Etymology
From Latin capriped-, capripēs.[1]
Adjective
capriped (not comparable)
- Having or relating to feet like those of a goat.
- 1876 June 29, Frank Carpenter, “Notes of the Wheeler Expedition”, in Forest and Stream, volume 6, number 21, →ISSN, page 336:
- […] so deep in the confidence of nature in general that they seem to belong to the forest, and to be fellows with its denizens, like the capriped satyrs […]
Noun
capriped (plural capripeds)
Alternative forms
References
- ^ “capriped, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
