white sheep

white sheep
noun
large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska
Hypernyms: ↑wild sheep
Member Holonyms: ↑Ovis, ↑genus Ovis

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noun
2. : a normal well-behaved individual among a group of discreditable individuals — compare black sheep

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white sheep,
= Dall sheep. (Cf.Dall sheep)

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