Ovis is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ovis meaning
plural of OVI
Synonyms of Ovis
Using Ovis
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of OVI
- Useful related words include: genus ovis, mammal genus.
Context around Ovis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ovis
- In this selection, "ovis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mouflon, lamb, bos, aries, idulis and bontebok stand out and add context to how "ovis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include european mouflon ovis aries musimon and example bos ovis bontebok and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ovis" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ovis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Strongly contrasting leg colouration is common only in the Bovidae, where for example Bos, Ovis, bontebok and gemsbok have white stockings. (21 words)
On the Ides, a white lamb (ovis idulis) was led along Rome's Sacred Way to the Capitoline Citadel and sacrificed to him. (23 words)
Artificial speciation main European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) Male Drosophila pseudoobscura New species have been created by domesticated animal husbandry, but the initial dates and methods of the initiation of such species are not clear. (35 words)
Artificial speciation main European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) Male Drosophila pseudoobscura New species have been created by domesticated animal husbandry, but the initial dates and methods of the initiation of such species are not clear. (35 words)
On the Ides, a white lamb (ovis idulis) was led along Rome's Sacred Way to the Capitoline Citadel and sacrificed to him. (23 words)
Strongly contrasting leg colouration is common only in the Bovidae, where for example Bos, Ovis, bontebok and gemsbok have white stockings. (21 words)
Example sentences (3)
Artificial speciation main European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) Male Drosophila pseudoobscura New species have been created by domesticated animal husbandry, but the initial dates and methods of the initiation of such species are not clear.
On the Ides, a white lamb (ovis idulis) was led along Rome's Sacred Way to the Capitoline Citadel and sacrificed to him.
Strongly contrasting leg colouration is common only in the Bovidae, where for example Bos, Ovis, bontebok and gemsbok have white stockings.