Definition of ovis Ovis
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What does ovis mean?
WordNet
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| ovis - sheep | ||
| genus Ovis | ||
| mammal genus a genus of mammals | ||
| bovidae, family bovidae true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats | ||
| sheep woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat | ||
| wether male sheep especially a castrated one | ||
| lamb young sheep | ||
| domestic sheep, ovis aries any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin | ||
| argal, argali, ovis ammon wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | ||
| marco polo's sheep, marco polo sheep, ovis poli Asiatic wild sheep with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali (or Ovis ammon) | ||
| ovis vignei, urial bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia | ||
| dall's sheep, dall sheep, ovis montana dalli, white sheep large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska | ||
| bighorn sheep, ovis canadensis, rocky mountain bighorn, rocky mountain sheep, bighorn, cimarron wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns | ||
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Wikipedia 
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Ovis is a genus of the subfamily Caprinae, of the family Bovidae. The wild sheep and domestic sheep and other animals like it belong to this genus. There are 5 or more animals in this genus.
Taxonomy.
These are the main species of ovis.
