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oviculture

oviculture noun: the rearing and care of sheep.

Noun

oviculture (uncountable)

  1. The rearing and care of sheep.
    • However, greater attention to the better quality and care of the sheep, and the scientific training in oviculture given by the Argentine agricultural schools, have undoubtedly made it possible to raise wool in greater quantities and of a better quality from a smaller number of sheep.1910, Annual Wool Review, National Association of Wool Manufacturers, page 74

Origin of oviculture

From Latin ovis (“sheep”) + cultura (“cultivation”); stem ovis from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. By surface analysis, ovi- + culture.

Questions about oviculture

What does oviculture mean?
Oviculture means the rearing and care of sheep.
What part of speech is oviculture?
Oviculture is a noun.

Words near oviculture in the dictionary

  1. ovicellular
  2. ovicidal
  3. ovicide
  4. ovicides
  5. ovicular
  6. oviculture
  7. Ovid
  8. ovideposition
  9. ovidepositions
  10. Ovidian
  11. ovidore

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