Meanings
- uncountableThe rearing and care of sheep.
However, greater attention to the better quality and care of the sheep, and the scientific training in oviculture given by the Argentine agricultural schools, have undoubtedly made it possible to raise wool in greater quantities and of a better quality from a smaller number of sheep.
1910, Annual Wool Review, National Association of Wool Manufacturers, page 74
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ówis
- Proto-Italic*owis
- Englishoviculture
From Latin ovis (“sheep”) + cultura (“cultivation”); stem ovis from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. By surface analysis, ovi- + culture.
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