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Ovis

noun
1.
Sheep.  Synonym: genus Ovis.



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Ovis ammon
Ovis aries
Ovis canadensis
Ovis montana dalli
Ovis musimon
Ovis poli
Ovis vignei
Oestrus ovis


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... no doubt but what this formula deals with the preparation of sheep; Torinus says expressly: oviferum, hoc est, carnem ovis sylvestris—the meat of sheep from the woods, mountain sheep. Ferum is "wild," "game," but it also means "pregnant." For this double sense the formula may be interpreted as dealing with either wild sheep, or with pregnant sheep, ...
— Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome • Apicius
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Words linked to "Ovis" :   domestic sheep, Ovis musimon, Dall's sheep, Rocky Mountain bighorn, sheep, mouflon, Dall sheep, white sheep, urial, Marco Polo sheep, bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Bovidae, moufflon, wether, Ovis poli, argal, Ovis vignei, Marco Polo's sheep, family Bovidae, Ovis montana dalli, mammal genus, bighorn sheep, cimarron, lamb, argali


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