ovine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvaɪn/

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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. Specifically, resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

terms derived from ovine

• corticorelin ovine triflutate
• infectious ovine keratoconjunctivitis
• ovine acetonaemia, ovine acetonemia
• ovine babesiosis
• ovine-caprine lentivirus
• ovine ecthyma vaccine
• ovine foot rot

• ovine genital campylobacteriosis
• ovine genital vibriosis
• ovine mastitis
• ovine progressive pneumonia
• ovine pulmonary adenomatosis
• ovine smallpox
• ovinely

Related terms

terms related to ovine

• oviform
• Ovinae

• ovination
• Ovis

Translations

of or relating to sheep

• Catalan: oví
• Czech: ovčí (cs)
• French: ovin (fr) m, ovine (fr) f
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• Italian: ovino (it) m, ovina (it) f
• Romanian: ovin (ro) m
• Russian: ове́чий (ru) (ovéčij)

resembling a sheep

• German: schafsmäßig
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Noun

ovine (plural ovines)

1. A sheep.

Translations

a sheep

• Arabic: خَرُوف m (ḵarūf), خِرَاف f pl (ḵirāf), أَغْنَام f pl (ʔaḡnām)

  Egyptian Arabic: خروف m (xaruuf), خرفان f pl (xerfaan)

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• French: ovin (fr) m
• Romanian: ovină (ro) f

Anagrams

• envoi

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French

Adjective

ovine

1. feminine singular of ovin

Anagrams

• envoi

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Italian

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective ovino.

Anagrams

• niveo

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) ovīne

1. vocative masculine singular of ovīnus