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domestic sheep

DEFINITIONS OF: domestic sheep

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n any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin

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Cotswold
sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills
Hampshire, Hampshire down
British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
Lincoln
long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire
Exmoor
horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton
Cheviot
hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool
broadtail, caracul, karakul
hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur
longwool
a domestic long-wool sheep
merino, merino sheep
white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
Rambouillet
hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool
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sheep
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
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