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rupicaprine (s) (noun), rupicaprines (pl)
1. A short-horned goat antelope of the genus Rupicapra; a chamois: Rupicaprines inhabit the mountains of Eurasia and have interesting horns that are vertical with backward-hooked tips.
2. A soft suede leather: The chamois leather of the rupicaprine, formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope, is now obtained from the skins of sheep, deer, and other species of goats.

Also the terms "chammy" or "shammy" apply to the soft pliant leather prepared from the skin of the chamois or from sheepskin.

A cotton fabric is also made in imitation of chamois leather.

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rupicaprine (adjective), more rupicaprine, most rupicaprine
1. A reference to chamoix or chamois: Rupicaprine hoofed mammals dwell in the mountains of Eurasia and have upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
2. Etymology: from Middle French, from Late Latin camox; a small goatlike bovid (Rupicapra rupicapra) of mountainous regions from southern Europe to the Caucasus.
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