HyperDic: genus_ovis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Ovis:
NOUNanimalgenus Ovis, Ovissheep
English > genus Ovis: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningSheep.
SynonymOvis
Member ofBovidae, family Bovidaetrue antelopes
MembersDall sheep, Dall's sheep, white sheep, Ovis montana dallilarge white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
Marco Polo sheep, Marco Polo's sheep, Ovis poliAsiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns
argali, argal, Ovis ammonwild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia
bighorn, bighorn sheep, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensiswild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
domestic sheep, Ovis ariesAny of various breeds raised for wool / wool or edible meat or skin
lambyoung sheep
mouflon, moufflon, Ovis musimonwild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia
sheepwoolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
urial, Ovis vigneibearded reddish sheep of southern Asia
wethermale sheep especially a castrated one
Broadermammal genusA genus of mammals
Spanishgenus ovis, ovis
Catalangenus ovis, Oví, ovis

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