OVINE
What does "OVINE" mean?
Relating to or resembling sheep.
Meanings
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of sheep. Ovine diseases can spread quickly through a crowded flock. technical
Did you know?
- 'Ovine' is the sheep entry in a tidy Latin set of animal adjectives - the same pattern that gives us 'bovine' for cattle, 'canine' for dogs, and 'feline' for cats.
Word origin
From Latin 'ovinus', from 'ovis' meaning sheep; part of the same animal-adjective family as 'bovine' (cattle), 'canine' (dog), and 'feline' (cat).
Remember it
OVINE sounds like 'O, swine?' - no, the OV is from 'ovis', Latin for sheep.
A little poem
Ovine and patient,
the hillside wears a slow cloud-
wool grazing on green.
haiku
What it teaches
The ovine crowd is safe but shorn; comfort and the flock are not always free.
Quick facts
What does OVINE mean?
Relating to or resembling sheep.
Is OVINE a valid word?
Yes — OVINE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OVINE?
OVINE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OVINE come from?
From Latin 'ovinus', from 'ovis' meaning sheep; part of the same animal-adjective family as 'bovine' (cattle), 'canine' (dog), and 'feline' (cat).
What can OVINE teach us?
The ovine crowd is safe but shorn; comfort and the flock are not always free.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.