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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



... are natives of the entire range of the Rocky Mountains, and are especially prized on account of the superior quality of their flesh as food. They are much larger and more powerful than the domestic sheep, and the ram is provided with enormous curved horns. The wool of the animal is intermixed with coarse grey hairs, and the general appearance of the fur is russet grey, with the exception of the rump and under ...
— Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making • William Hamilton Gibson

... large and very strong; they will throw themselves from a rocky cliff and strike on their head many feet below unharmed, being protected by horns and stout necks. They are larger than our domestic sheep. ...
— Three Years on the Plains - Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 • Edmund B. Tuttle



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



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