domestic sheep

Noun
  1. Any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin (synset 102415777)
    is a type of: sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
    subtypes:
    • 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
    belongs to: genus ovis, ovis - sheep
    has:
    • mouton, mutton - meat from a mature domestic sheep
    • lamb - the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
    same as: ovis aries

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