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.
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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.
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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
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Wild, definition of term: Wild
wild_pag1.html Sheep
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Sheep, definition of term: Sheep
sheep_pag1.html Sheep Sorrel
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Sheep Sorrel, definition of term: Sheep Sorrel
sheep+sorrel_pag1.html Sheep Dip
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Sheep Dip, definition of term: Sheep Dip
sheep+dip_pag1.html Black Sheep
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Black Sheep, definition of term: Black Sheep
black+sheep_pag1.html Bighorn Sheep
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Bighorn Sheep, definition of term: Bighorn Sheep
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