Ovis

noun

ˈōvə̇s

: a genus of Bovidae consisting of the domestic sheep and the majority of the wild sheep most of which inhabit the mountainous regions from western North America to western Asia and have horns that form a lateral spiral see argali

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, sheep

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