Definition of Ovis canadensis

1. Noun. Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovis Canadensis

Oval
Oval Office
Ovalipes
Ovalipes ocellatus
Overijssel
Ovibos
Ovibos moschatus
Ovid
Ovidian
Oviedan
Oviedo
Ovimbundu
Ovis
Ovis ammon
Ovis aries
Ovis canadensis (current term)
Ovis montana dalli
Ovis musimon
Ovis poli
Ovis vignei
Ovocon
Ovral
Ovrette
Ovulen
Owen
Owen's lines
Owen Glendower
Owen Wister
Owenian
Owenite

Literary usage of Ovis canadensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Campfires on Desert and Lava by William Temple Hornaday (1908)
"CHAPTER XXIV THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP OF MEXICO Bird's-eye View of the Genus Ovis—Its Vanishing Point at Pinacate— Straight Ovis canadensis—The Making of a New ..."

2. In the Alaska-Yukon Game-lands by John A. McGuire (1921)
"Below is a list of the mountain sheep given by Miller, together with the type locality of each: Ovis canadensis canadensis: "Bighorn"; mountains on Bow ..."

3. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"Ovis canadensis Shaw. Mountain Sheep, Bighorn. ... meaning originally Ovis canadensis, mountain sheep). Domestic Sheep. The male sheep is usually called ..."

4. American Big Game in Its Haunts: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by George Bird Grinnell (1904)
"These forms, with the localities from which the types have come, are as follows: Ovis canadensis, interior of western Canada. (Mountains of Alberta. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Ovis canadensis on Dictionary.com!Search for Ovis canadensis on Thesaurus.com!Search for Ovis canadensis on Google!Search for Ovis canadensis on Wikipedia!

Search