Ovis

See also: ovis

Translingual

Ovis aries

Etymology

Latin ovis (“sheep”)

Proper noun

Ovis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – sheep.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ovis ammon (argali), Ovis aries (domestic sheep), Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep), Ovis dalli (thinhorn sheep), Ovis musimon - mouflon, Ovis nivicola (snow sheep), Ovis orientalis (urial) - selected species

Related terms

• ovine

References

• Ovis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ovis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ovis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons