genus ovis

1. 1.

   sheep

   SynonymsOvis

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofBovidae

Questions about genus ovis

What does genus ovis mean?

genus ovis means "sheep".

What is another word for genus ovis?

Close synonyms include Ovis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus ovis a common word?

genus ovis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.