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OVIS CANADENSIS
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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bighorn; bighorn sheep; cimarron; Ovis canadensis; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep
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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