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Domestic sheep   /dəmˈɛstɪk ʃip/   Listen
Domestic sheep

noun
1.
Any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin.  Synonym: Ovis aries.






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"Domestic sheep" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the wooll on them and aso seen the blankets which they manufacture of the wooll of this sheep. from the skin the animal appears to be about the size of the common sheep; of a white colour. the wooll is fine on most parts of the body but not so long as that of our domestic sheep. the wooll is also curled and thick. on the back and more particularly on the top of the neck the wooll is intermixed with a considerable proportion of long streight hairs. there is no wooll on a small part of ...
— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al



Words linked to "Domestic sheep" :   Lincoln, Hampshire down, caracul, merino sheep, Cheviot, Ovis aries, Rambouillet, genus Ovis, Hampshire, Ovis, longwool, mutton, mouton, karakul, Cotswold, Exmoor, broadtail, merino, lamb, sheep



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