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GENUS OVIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sheep
Synonyms:
genus Ovis; Ovis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Ovis" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ovis"):
sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)
wether (male sheep especially a castrated one)
lamb (young sheep)
domestic sheep; Ovis aries (any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin)
argal; argali; Ovis ammon (wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia)
Marco Polo's sheep; Marco Polo sheep; Ovis poli (Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon))
Ovis vignei; urial (bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia)
Dall's sheep; Dall sheep; Ovis montana dalli; white sheep (large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska)
bighorn; bighorn sheep; cimarron; Ovis canadensis; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep (wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns)
moufflon; mouflon; Ovis musimon (wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia)
Holonyms ("genus Ovis" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
