ovicaprid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A domestic sheep or goat.
adj
Of, relating to, or designating domestic sheep or goats.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Amongst the ovicaprid bones only the sheep is known with certainty, and considerable variation in their size was apparent."
- "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."
Etymology
From Ovis + Capra, the genus names of the sheep and goat, respectively, + English -id. By surface analysis, ovi- + capr- + -id.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: -id