ovine

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more ovine

Superlative

most ovine

1.
(comparable)Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
Đồng nghĩa: sheepish, sheeplike, sheepy
2.
(comparable, figuratively)(comparable, figurative) Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly.
Đồng nghĩa: sheeplike

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ovines

1.
An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep.
2.
(figuratively)(figurative) 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.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

sheepish sheeplike sheepy

Trái nghĩa

nonovine

Cùng gốc / liên quan

oviformovinationoviform archaic rareOvinae subfamilyOvis genussheeple

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Nguồn gốc từ

thumb|An ovine (Ovis aries species, noun sense 1), in this case a Welsh Mountain sheep.