指稱包含5種以上反芻哺乳動物的屬，其中包括人類馴養的綿羊。一般而言，綿羊和山羊的不同之處在於綿羊較為矮胖結實，羊角外觀上更為分歧、臉部和後腳位置具有臭腺，且公綿羊沒有公山羊的鬍鬚。在所有的野生種綿羊中，外層的毛是覆蓋在一層纖細短絨羊毛的上方；這層纖細的羊毛已經發展成為馴養綿羊身上的毛片。綿羊至少在西元前5000年時便首度受人們馴養，從野生物種轉變為家畜；綿羊的遺體骨骸已經在中東、歐洲及中亞地區人口密集的早期人類居住遺址中發現。人們馴養綿羊以取得其羊毛、羊奶和羊肉。

綿羊屬(屬)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
羊屬(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
mien yang shu(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
mián yáng shǔ(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
mian yang shu (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Ovis(genus)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,N)
Ovis(genus)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,N)
sheep(genus)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,N)
ovine(genus)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
ovines(genus)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................動物界 (界)
....................脊索動物門 (門)
........................脊椎動物亞門 (亞門)
............................哺乳綱 (綱)
................................偶蹄目 (目)
....................................牛科 (科)
........................................綿羊屬 (屬)

source plant or animal for....

羊毛脂

英文....

Refers to members of the genus containing 5 or more species of ruminant (cud-chewing) mammals, including domestic sheep. Sheep are typically distinguished from goats by being stockier, having horns that more divergent in form, having scent glands in its face and hind feet, and the males lack the beards of goats. In all wild species of sheep, the outer coat is hair overlaying a short undercoat of fine wool; the fine wool has been developed into the fleece of domesticated sheep. Sheep were first domesticated from wild species of sheep at least 5000 BCE, and their remains have been found at numerous sites of early human habitation in the Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia. Domesticated sheep are raised for their fleece, milk, and meat.

綿羊屬(屬)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 January 3, 2013
Ovis(genus)............	[VP]
.................	National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Species (2000-) accessed 15 September 2008
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 15 September 2008
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 15 September 2008accessed 15 September 2008
sheep(genus)............	[VP]
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 15 September 2008
ovine(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
ovines(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) sheep & closely related animals; ruminants; stockier than goats, no beard, horns more divergent
.................	National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Species (2000-)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Getty AAT: 300250284 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300250284
聯合目錄： 綿羊屬 、羊屬 、mien yang shu 、mián yáng shǔ 、mian yang shu 、Ovis 、sheep 、ovine 、ovines 、Ovis