Ovis (Noun)
Meaning
Sheep.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The genus Ovis includes domestic sheep and several wild species closely related to them.
- Ovis orientalis is an extinct species of wild sheep that once inhabited the Near East.
- The domestic sheep, Ovis aries, is one of the most widely kept livestock species worldwide.
- Ovis canadensis, also known as the bighorn sheep, is a species of sheep native to North America.
- Ovis ammon, or the argali, is a wild sheep species native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia.