ovine

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈoʊvaɪn/

Adjective

ovine (not comparable)

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep
   • 1992, Colin Tudge, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped, page 175

     Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so. Antelope, evolutionarily speaking, are somewhere between cattle and sheep: some are cattle-like, and some are more ovine.

2. (figuratively, by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent

Synonyms

• (of or relating to sheep) sheeplike, sheepy
• (resembling a sheep in character) sheepish

Related terms

• oviform
• Ovinae
• ovination
• Ovis

Translations

• French: ovin, ovine
• Italian: ovino, ovina
• Russian: ове́чий

Translations

• German: schafsmäßig

Noun

ovine (plural ovines)

1. A sheep.

Translations

• French: ovin

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