ovis aries

Questions about ovis aries

What does ovis aries mean?

ovis aries means "any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin".

What is another word for ovis aries?

Close synonyms include domestic sheep. 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 ovis aries a common word?

ovis aries 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.