different between oviform vs ovine

English

Etymology

ovi- +? -form

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v?f??m/, IPA^(key): /?o?.vi?f??m/

Adjective

oviform (comparative more oviform, superlative most oviform)

1. egg-shaped

Synonyms

• egg-shaped
• ovate
• ovoid

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French oviforme

Adjective

oviform m or n (feminine singular oviform?, masculine plural oviformi, feminine and neuter plural oviforme)

1. oviform

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?va?n/

Adjective

ovine (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. (figuratively, by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent

Synonyms

• (of or relating to sheep): sheeplike, sheepy
• (resembling a sheep in character): sheepish

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

ovine (plural ovines)

1. A sheep.

Translations

Anagrams

• envoi

French

Adjective

ovine

1. feminine singular of ovin

Anagrams

• envoi

Italian

Adjective

ovine

1. feminine plural of ovino

Anagrams

• niveo

Latin

Adjective

ov?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of ov?nus