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Found 2 hits - Term: wild sheep, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sheep \sheep\, n. sing.  pl. oe. shep, scheep, as. sc?p,
   sce'ap; akin to ofries. sk?p, lg.  d. schaap, g. schaf,
   ohg. sc=af, skr. ch=aga. root295. cf. sheepherd.
   1. zool. any one of several species of ruminants of the
      genus ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
      hemispheres, but most numerous in asia.
      1913 webster

   note: the domestic sheep ovis aries varies much in size,
         in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
         size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. it was
         domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
         breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
         for their fine wool; the cretan sheep, noted for their
         long horns; the fat-tailed, or turkish, sheep,
         remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
         often has to be supported on trucks; the southdowns, in
         which the horns are lacking; and an asiatic breed which
         always has four horns.
         1913 webster

   2. a weak, bashful, silly fellow. --ainsworth.
      1913 webster

   3. pl. fig.: the people of god, as being under the government
      and protection of christ, the great shepherd.
      1913 webster

   rocky mountain sheep.zool. see bighorn.

   maned sheep. zool. see aoudad.

   sheep bot zool., the larva of the sheep botfly. see
      estrus.

   sheep dog zool., a shepherd dog, or collie.

   sheep laurel bot., a small north american shrub kalmia
      angustifolia with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
      

   sheep pest bot., an australian plant acaena ovina
      related to the burnet. the fruit is covered with barbed
      spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.

   sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
      and graze.

   sheep's beard bot., a cichoraceous herb urospermum
      dalechampii of southern europe; -- so called from the
      conspicuous pappus of the achenes.

   sheep's bit bot., a european herb jasione montana
      having much the appearance of scabious.

   sheep pox med., a contagious disease of sheep,
      characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
      the skin.

   sheep scabious. bot. same as sheep's bit.

   sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
      of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
      often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
      called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.

   sheep sorrel. bot., a prerennial herb rumex
      acetosella growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
      soil. its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
      

   sheep's-wool zool., the highest grade of florida
      commercial sponges spongia equina, variety gossypina.
      

   sheep tick zool., a wingless parasitic insect
      melophagus ovinus belonging to the diptera. it fixes
      its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
      blood, leaving a swelling. called also sheep pest, and
      sheep louse.

   sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.

   wild sheep. zool. see argali, mouflon, and oorial.
      1913 webster
see also:
sheepherd ovis ovis aries rocky mountain sheep bighorn maned sheep 
aoudad sheep bot estrus sheep dog sheep laurel 
kalmia angustifolia sheep pest acaena ovina sheep run sheep's beard 
urospermum dalechampii sheep's bit jasione montana sheep pox sheep scabious 
sheep shears sheep sorrel rumex acetosella sheep's-wool spongia equina 
sheep tick melophagus ovinus sheep pest sheep louse sheep walk 
wild sheep argali mouflon oorial 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wild sheep
     n : undomesticated sheep


Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about wild sheep:

Wild >> W Words
Wild, definition of term: Wild
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Sheep >> S Words
Sheep, definition of term: Sheep
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Sheep Sorrel >> S Words
Sheep Sorrel, definition of term: Sheep Sorrel
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Sheep Dip >> S Words
Sheep Dip, definition of term: Sheep Dip
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Black Sheep >> B Words
Black Sheep, definition of term: Black Sheep
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Bighorn Sheep >> B Words
Bighorn Sheep, definition of term: Bighorn Sheep
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