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Definition of Genus Ovis
1. Noun. Sheep.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Sheep, Wether, Lamb, Domestic Sheep, Ovis Aries, Argal, Argali, Ovis Ammon, Marco Polo Sheep, Marco Polo's Sheep, Ovis Poli, Ovis Vignei, Urial, Dall Sheep, Dall's Sheep, Ovis Montana Dalli, White Sheep, Bighorn, Bighorn Sheep, Cimarron, Ovis Canadensis, Rocky Mountain Bighorn, Rocky Mountain Sheep, Moufflon, Mouflon, Ovis Musimon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ovis
Literary usage of Genus Ovis
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. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"Within the genus Ovis the end of the muzzle is naked or hairy, ... "Within the
genus Bos modifications are observed parallel to those in the genus Ovis. ..."
3. The Natural History of the Ruminating Animals, by William Jardine (1836)
"genus Ovis. FROM the Goats, so closely allied, we naturally pass to the generally
accepted genus Ovis or Sheep, and as we proposed, we add Major Smith's ..."
4. The Doctrine of the Unity of the Human Race Examined on the Principles of by John Bachman (1850)
"In the proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1840,* an abstract is given of Mr.
Blythe's paper on the genus Ovis, which, we believe, is all that was ..."
5. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"genus Ovis.—SHEEP. Of all our domestic animals, the sheep is that of which we
have the earliest notice: " Abel was a keeper of sheep. ..."
6. Introduction to Mammalia by Charles Hamilton Smith (1858)
"... The genus Ovis has been the subject of special investigation by Mr Blyth, and
is divided by him into two sub-genera: Ovis proper containing the species; ..."
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