deer vs ovine

deer

noun
  • One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk 

  • The meat of such an animal; venison. 

  • A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla. 

ovine

noun
  • An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. 

  • A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep. 

adj
  • Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly. 

  • Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. 

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