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GENUS OVIBOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ovibos mean?
• GENUS OVIBOS (noun)
The noun GENUS OVIBOS has 1 sense:
1. consisting of the musk-ox
Familiarity information: GENUS OVIBOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Consisting of the musk-ox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ovibos; Ovibos
Hypernyms ("genus Ovibos" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ovibos"):
musk ox; musk sheep; Ovibos moschatus (large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep)
Holonyms ("genus Ovibos" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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