ovicaprid
/ˌəʊvɪˈkaprɪd/Chiefly Archaeol.
noun
A sheep or a goat.
- Since the bones of sheep and goats are not easily distinguished, they are often treated together by archaeologists..
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating sheep or goats.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in World Archaeology. From scientific Latin Ovis, genus name of the sheep (from classical Latin ovis: see ovi-) + Capra, genus name of the goat + -id.
- unsurprising
- unsurprisingly
- unsurveyed
- unsusceptibility
- unsusceptible
- unsuspected
- unsuspectedly
- unsuspecting
- unsuspectingly
- unsuspectingness
- unsuspicious
- unsuspiciously
- unsuspiciousness
- unsustainable
- unsustainably
- unsustained
- unswathe
- unswayed
- unsweetened
- unswept
- unswervable
- unswerving
- unswervingly
- unsworn
- unsymmetrical