RUSINE

Etymology

Adjective

rusine (comparative more rusine, superlative most rusine)

(zoology) Of, like, or relating to, a deer of the genus Rusa.

(zoology, of an antler) Having the brow tine simple, and the beam forked at the tip.

Anagrams

• Ursine, insure, inures, nursie, urines, ursine

Source: Wiktionary


Ru"sine, a. Etym: [NL. rusa, the name of the genus, Malay rusa deer.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India. Rusine antler (Zoöl.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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