sheep

DEFINITIONS OF: sheep

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; ewe
female sheep; ram, tup
uncastrated adult male sheep; wether
male sheep especially a castrated one; black sheep
sheep with a black coat; Ovis aries, domestic sheep
any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin; bellwether
sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell; 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

“his students followed him like sheep”

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