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Definition of ovine adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ovine

adjective

/ˈəʊvaɪn/

/ˈəʊvaɪn/

(specialist)

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relating to sheep
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from late Latin ovinus, from Latin ovis ‘sheep’.

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