释义 |
ovibovine, a. and n. Zool.|əʊvɪˈbəʊvaɪn| [ad. mod.L. Ovibovīnæ fem. pl., f. Ovibōs the musk-ox (the typical and only extant genus), f. ovis sheep + bōs ox.] a. adj. Belonging to the subfamily Ovibovinæ of the family Bovidæ, having characters intermediate between those of sheep and oxen. b. n. An animal of this subfamily; a musk-ox. |