Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of sheep; sheeplike.
- noun A sheep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sheep-like; oviform; of or pertaining to the Ovinæ or to sheep.
- noun A member of the Ovinæ; a sheep.
- noun A form of cerebrin found in the yolk of eggs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a
sheep . - adjective Specifically, resembling a sheep in character;
passive , of lowintelligence andacquiescent . - noun A
sheep .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Estes JM, Spencer EM, Longaker MT, Adzick NS: Insulin-like growth factor-II in ovine wound fluid: Developmental regulation.
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I note also that your spell-checker great idea btw objects to 'ovine' - why?
Open Thread 2009
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I could only assume that it was predating some ovine parasites and it made me wonder whether this complimentary veterinarian service had ever been entered in the farmer's logbook of magpie crimes and misdemeanours.
Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk Mark Cocker 2010
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Living proof that RNC prominence is fading and the ovine followers are dwindling in number since savvy people are beginning to see the light instead of being allowed to be smitten by blind fanaticism.
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Crofab is a mixture of Fab fragments produced by a sheep (ovine) where as ACP is derived from a horse (equine).
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His slightly ovine little face is only saved from total oblivion by the large pale ears on which the helmet rests.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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The ovine crime wave began, insurance company and farm union officials say, after global food prices started jumping again.
Sheep thefts in Britain likely connected to rising global food prices Anthony Faiola 2011
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Well, it looks like I will be writing an article for a farm magazine, possibly 'Sheep!' magazine which is my favorite ovine* magazine.
Writing a Farm Magazine Article nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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The ovine crime wave began, insurance company and farm union officials say, after global food prices started jumping again.
Bull market? No, sheep are the newest commodity. Anthony Faiola 2011
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Well, it looks like I will be writing an article for a farm magazine, possibly 'Sheep!' magazine which is my favorite ovine* magazine.
Archive 2009-04-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2009
emily_morine commented on the word ovine
Sheep-like.
December 8, 2006