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The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).
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A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.
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Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Same as Ovulist.
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The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.
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The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis / Caprovis montana).
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A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon.
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A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.
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A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
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A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova.
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A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.
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