Ovis (ovis)

[NL., Fighting Ram, a variety of Ovis aries. mestic sheep, Ovis aries, with its wild originals and most other wild sheep. O. montana is the Rocky Mountain bighorn; closely related species are O. argali and O. musimon. See cut under bighorn. ovisac (ō'vi-sak), n. quarter-round. In Greek architecture moldings of this Ovolo, from Theater of Mar cell us, Rome. cla are bounded by an arc of an ellipse, the curve being greatest toward the top, and resembling that of an egg, whence the molding derives its name. See also cuts under column and quirk. - Ovoli pattern, a pattern formed of ovoli, or similar to the egg-and-dart or egg-and-anchor molding, as applied in a molding or a narrow border. ovology (ō-vol'ō-ji), n. [L. ovum, egg, + Gr. -λογία, functioning both