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ovines

ovines is the plural of ovine.

Meaning of ovine

Noun

ovine (plural ovines)

  1. An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep.
  2. (figuratively) A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep.
    • At present, municipal councillors play at party politics by organizing the ovine members who do not know how to vote until a Party Whip tells them, and opposing independent candidates at the elections. The remedy for this is the exclusion of ovines from the municipal panel.1944, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Political Summary”, in Everybody’s Political What’s What?, London: Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 353

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Questions about ovines

What is ovines the plural of?
Ovines is the plural of ovine.

Words near ovines in the dictionary

  1. ovijectors
  2. Ovimbundu
  3. ovination
  4. ovine
  5. ovinely
  6. ovines
  7. Ovingham
  8. Ovington
  9. Ovingtons
  10. ovinised
  11. ovinization

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