Definition of Ovis vignei

1. Noun. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.

Exact synonyms: Urial
Group relationships: Genus Ovis, Ovis
Generic synonyms: Wild Sheep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovis Vignei

Overijssel
Ovibos
Ovibos moschatus
Ovid
Ovidian
Oviedan
Oviedo
Ovimbundu
Ovis
Ovis ammon
Ovis aries
Ovis canadensis
Ovis montana dalli
Ovis musimon
Ovis poli
Ovis vignei (current term)
Ovocon
Ovral
Ovrette
Ovulen
Owen
Owen's lines
Owen Glendower
Owen Wister
Owenian
Owenite
Owenites
Owens
Owensboro

Literary usage of Ovis vignei

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Explorations in Turkestan, Expedition of 1904: Prehistoric Civilizations of by Raphael Pumpelly (1908)
"These characteristics suffice to assign these horn-cores to the females of the Ovis vignei arkal. A confirmation of this is found in a frontal piece, which, ..."

2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1886)
"In the mountain range south of the Indus near Zanskar, the precise locality being for obvious reasons withheld from publication, a herd of Ovis vignei were ..."

3. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"The different points of Ovis vignei and Ovis ... 1860) : Ovis vignei Horn rather compressed laterally. Rounded posteriorly. Curving outward and backward. ..."

4. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"The domestic sheep of Europe, England, and Northern Asia (barring the difference of tail) offer considerable resemblance in their horns to Ovis vignei, ..."

5. The Sportsman's Book for India by Frederick George Aflalo (1904)
"Ibex Ovis vignei IN LADAKH. ... Ovis vignei Chakor and Ram Chakor, Leopards (including the Ounce) no limit. The holder of this license will not require any ..."

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