Ovicaprid

Quick meaning: Ovicaprid is a noun meaning (chiefly archaeology) A domestic sheep or goat.

Meaning

(chiefly archaeology) A domestic sheep or goat.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly archaeology) Of, relating to, or designating domestic sheep or goats.

Example Sentences

All the ovicaprid materials came from the pit.

Of the 23 ovicaprid mandibles present, four exhibited dental calculus on the buccal surfaces of the cheek teeth.

Amongst the ovicaprid bones only the sheep is known with certainty, and considerable variation in their size was apparent.

The bones of sheep and goat are virtually identical with only a few distinguishing features. For this reason it is often necessary to consider these animals together and they are then termed ovicaprids. The small domestic ovicaprids are called ‘turbary’, and the large sheep, similar to the moufflon, which were found during the late neolithic have been called ‘Copper (Age) sheep’ by [Johann Ulrich] Duerst.

Word Forms

• ovicaprids

Synonyms for ovicaprid

Depending on context, synonyms include caprovine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include caprine, caprid, capreoline, goat, aegagrus, rupicaprine.

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