Ovis

Ovis
noun
sheep
• Syn: ↑genus Ovis
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae
• Member Meronyms:

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\\ˈōvə̇s\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sheep — more at ewe
: a genus of Bovidae consisting of the domestic sheep and the majority of the wild sheep most of which inhabit the moutainous regions from western No. America to western Asia and have horns that form a lateral spiral — see argali

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