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ovination

ovination noun: the inoculation of sheep with ovine virus against sheeppox.

Noun

ovination (uncountable)

  1. The inoculation of sheep with ovine virus against sheeppox.

Origin of ovination

From ovine + -ation. By surface analysis, ove- + -ine + -ate + -ion.

Questions about ovination

What does ovination mean?
Ovination means the inoculation of sheep with ovine virus against sheeppox.
What part of speech is ovination?
Ovination is a noun.

Words near ovination in the dictionary

  1. ovigerous
  2. ovigers
  3. ovijector
  4. ovijectors
  5. Ovimbundu
  6. ovination
  7. ovine
  8. ovinely
  9. ovines
  10. Ovingham
  11. Ovington

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