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ovine

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o·vine  (vn)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of sheep; sheeplike.
n.
An ovine animal.

[Late Latin ovnus, from Latin ovis, sheep; see owi- in Indo-European roots.]

ovine
Adjective
of or like a sheep [Latin ovis sheep]

ovine  (vn)
Relating to or characteristic of sheep.
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Adj.1.ovine - of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep


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The Satyr was a gleam of classical memory on the part of Moreau,--his face ovine in expression, like the coarser Hebrew type; his voice a harsh bleat, his nether extremities Satanic.
 
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