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ovicaprids

ovicaprids is the plural of ovicaprid.

Meaning of ovicaprid

Noun

ovicaprid (plural ovicaprids)

  1. A domestic sheep or goat.
    • The bones of sheep and goat are virtually identical with only a few distinguishing features. For this reason it is often necessary to consider these animals together and they are then termed ovicaprids. The small domestic ovicaprids are called ‘turbary’, and the large sheep, similar to the...1970, Jacqueline Murray, “The Problems and the Background”, in The First European Agriculture, a Study of the Osteological and Botanical Evidence until 2000 BC, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press...
    Synonyms:
    caprovine

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Questions about ovicaprids

What is ovicaprids the plural of?
Ovicaprids is the plural of ovicaprid.

Words near ovicaprids in the dictionary

  1. ovibos
  2. oviboses
  3. ovibovine
  4. ovibovines
  5. ovicaprid
  6. ovicaprids
  7. ovicaprine
  8. ovicaprines
  9. ovicapsular
  10. ovicapsule
  11. ovicapsules

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