coarse-wooled sheep
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coarse wool — noun or coarse wooled sheep : a sheep having long strong coarse fibered wool especially suitable for carpet weaving (as those of various large mutton breeds of English origin) * * * coarse wool, wool from such sheep as the blackface, having… … Useful english dictionary
fat-rumped sheep — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a coarse wooled sheep widespread in western and central Asia that develops large accumulations of fat on the rump during periods of abundant feed … Useful english dictionary
Sheep — For other uses, see Sheep (disambiguation). Domestic sheep A research flo … Wikipedia
Domestic sheep — taxobox name = Domestic sheep status = DOM image width = 250px image caption = A research flock at U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Bovidae… … Wikipedia
Barbados Blackbelly sheep — The Barbados Blackbelly sheep is a breed of domestic sheep that was developed in the Caribbean. Although it is likely the Barbados Blackbelly has African ancestry, there seems to be clear evidence that the breed, as seen today, was developed by… … Wikipedia
fat-tailed sheep — noun : a coarse wooled mutton sheep that has great quantities of fat on each side of the tail bones, that is widely distributed in southeastern Europe, No. Africa, and Asia, and that occurs in many local breeds or races * * * /fat tayld / one of… … Useful english dictionary
Valais Blacknose (sheep) — The Valais Blacknose is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Valais region. It is a coarse wooled (i.e. mattress, mixed or carpet) breed from Switzerland kept primarily for meat. In Germany they call it the Walliser Schwarznasenschaf… … Wikipedia
fat-tailed sheep — noun Date: 1842 a coarse wooled mutton sheep that has great quantities of fat on each side of the tail bones … New Collegiate Dictionary
Selected Breeds of Sheep — ▪ Table Selected Breeds of Sheep Name Type of wool Distribution Characteristics Comments Black Faced Highland, also called Scottish Blackface carpet originally Scotland, now also U.S., Italy, Argentina black or mottled, horned stylish appearance… … Universalium
churro — I. ˈchüˌrō noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish, coarse, coarse wooled, coarse wooled sheep; akin to Spanish churre thick grease, Portuguese churro, surro dirty, unprocessed (of wool), miserable, lowly; all probably of Iberian origin; akin … Useful english dictionary
