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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 hornsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OVIS CANADENSIS (noun)


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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