English > genus Ovis: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | Sheep. |
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Synonym | Ovis |
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Member of | Bovidae, family Bovidae | true antelopes |
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Members | Dall sheep, Dall's sheep, white sheep, Ovis montana dalli | large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
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Marco Polo sheep, Marco Polo's sheep, Ovis poli | Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns |
argali, argal, Ovis ammon | wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia |
bighorn, bighorn sheep, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
domestic sheep, Ovis aries | Any of various breeds raised for wool / wool or edible meat or skin |
lamb | young sheep |
mouflon, moufflon, Ovis musimon | wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia |
sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat |
urial, Ovis vignei | bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia |
wether | male sheep especially a castrated one |
Broader | mammal genus | A genus of mammals |
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Spanish | genus ovis, ovis |
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Catalan | genus ovis, Oví, ovis |
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