ovine

ovine
a) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep.

Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so. Antelope, evolutionarily speaking, are somewhere between cattle and sheep: some are cattle-like, and some are more ovine.

b) Specifically, resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent.
See Also: oviform, Ovinae, ovination, Ovis
2. noun

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