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OVIS CANADENSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Ovis canadensis mean?

• OVIS CANADENSIS (noun)
The noun OVIS CANADENSIS has 1 sense:

1. wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

Familiarity information: OVIS CANADENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OVIS CANADENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bighorn sheep; Ovis canadensis; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep; bighorn; cimarron

Hypernyms ("Ovis canadensis" is a kind of...):

mountain sheep (any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions)

Holonyms ("Ovis canadensis" is a member of...):

genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)

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