Definition of Genus Ovibos

1. Noun. Consisting of the musk-ox.

Exact synonyms: Ovibos
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Musk Ox, Musk Sheep, Ovibos Moschatus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ovibos

genus Oryza
genus Oryzomys
genus Oryzopsis
genus Osmanthus
genus Osmerus
genus Osmunda
genus Ostrea
genus Ostrya
genus Ostryopsis
genus Otaria
genus Othonna
genus Otis
genus Otus
genus Ouranopithecus
genus Ovalipes
genus Ovibos (current term)
genus Ovis
genus Oxalis
genus Oxandra
genus Oxybelis
genus Oxydendrum
genus Oxylebius
genus Oxytropis
genus Oxyura
genus Oxyuranus
genus Ozonium
genus Ozothamnus
genus Pachycephala
genus Pachyrhizus
genus Pachysandra

Literary usage of Genus Ovibos

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

1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"The tooth received from Mr. Bash is the posterior true molar from the right side, and is referred provisionally to the genus Ovibos. In comparison with the ..."

2. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"Philom., p. 76. Type, Bos moschatus ZIMMERMANN. The genus Ovibos has been removed from the typical ..."

3. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations by Lucien McShan Turner (1886)
"Genus OVIBOS. OVIBOS MOSCHATUS Blainville. Musk-ox. There is no positive evidence of the actual occurrence of this mammal within the region here included ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"THE genus Ovibos. North America produces animals which resemble the last genus in so many particulars, that it would perhap be more advisable to constitute ..."

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