rupicaprine adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Relating to, or resembling, the chamois, or other extinct mammals of the genus Rupicapra.They are also sometimes called the Rupicaprine antelopes from the scientific name of the chamois (Rupicapra). — 1918 noun1 •A mammal of the genus Rupicapra; a chamois.An excellent indication of this fact is the absence in Pityusic Pleistocene sites of the rupicaprine Myotragus, which is so frequent in the ossiferous Quaternary breccia of Mallorca and Menorca. — 1984 formsrupicaprines
