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S vs Ovine - What's the difference?

s | ovine |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective ovine is

of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep.

As a noun ovine is

a sheep.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

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    ovine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep.
  • * 1992 , Colin Tudge, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped , page 175
  • Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so. Antelope, evolutionarily speaking, are somewhere between cattle and sheep: some are cattle-like, and some are more ovine .
  • Specifically, resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent.
  • Synonyms

    * (of or relating to sheep) sheeplike, sheepy * (resembling a sheep in character)

    Derived terms

    * corticorelin ovine triflutate * infectious ovine keratoconjunctivitis * ovine acetonaemia, ovine acetonemia * ovine babesiosis * ovine-caprine lentivirus * ovine ecthyma vaccine * ovine foot rot * ovine genital campylobacteriosis * ovine genital vibriosis * ovine mastitis * ovine progressive pneumonia * ovine pulmonary adenomatosis * ovine smallpox

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sheep.
  • Anagrams

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