Sentence:  "Ovis", therefore, is <WSD>epicene</WSD>, and, moreover, a true <WSD>epicene</WSD>, like "volpes", "aquila", "merula", "avis", "panthera", "corvus", and others. It is <WSD>epicene</WSD>, because it has just been proved to be the generic term for sheep without thought for sex, to have only one grammatical gender, feminine, and yet, as a true <WSD>epicene</WSD>, to be carried to its logical development, so that on a few occasions, such as we have encountered in w 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).