English word senses marked with lifeform category "Sheep"
Parent categories: Caprines, Livestock, Even-toed ungulates, Agriculture, Animals, Mammals, Applied sciences, Lifeforms, Vertebrates, Sciences, Life, Chordates, Nature
Total 95 word senses
- Border Leicester (Noun) A sheep of a polled, long-wool British breed reared for meat and wool.
- Bowen technique (Proper name) A form of bodywork in alternative medicine, involving gentle rolling motions along the muscles, tendons, and fascia.
- Bowen technique (Proper name) An efficient technique for shearing sheep.
- Cameroon (Noun) A sheep of a domesticated breed from West Africa.
- Coopworth (Noun) A sheep of a breed developed in New Zealand, used for both meat and wool.
- Corriedale (Noun) A sheep of a dual-purpose breed that is a cross between Merino and Lincoln sheep.
- Dall sheep (Noun) A species of wild sheep native to northwestern North America, Ovis dalli.
- Faroes (Noun) A breed of domestic sheep, native to the Faroe Islands
- Katahdin (Proper name) Short for Mount Katahdin.
- Katahdin (Noun) A sheep of a particular breed developed in Maine.
- Manx longhorn (Noun) A primitive breed of sheep native to the Isle of Man, noted for having multiple sets of horns, and shaggy wool.
- Marco Polo sheep (Noun) Ovis ammon polii, a subspecies of argali found in mountainous regions of Central Asia.
- Negretti (Noun) A sheep of a Merino strain of Spanish origin, known for having very fine wool.
- Radnor (Proper name) Radnorshire, a former county of Wales, also known as the County of Radnor.
- Radnor (Noun) A sheep of a short-fleeced Welsh breed.
- Rambouillet (Noun) A sheep of a breed that originated in France.
- Romney (Proper name) A city, the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, named after Romney in Kent.
- Shropshire (Proper name) An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham.
- Shropshire (Proper name) Shropshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin.
- Shropshire (Noun) One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
- Soay (Noun) A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of Soay, Scotland.
- Southdown (Noun) One of a particular English breed of small sheep with short wool and no horns.
- Spanish sheep (Noun) A merino sheep.
- Stone sheep (Noun) Ovis dalli stonei, a sheep native to northern British Columbia
- Targhee (Noun) A sheep of a dual-purpose breed with heavy, medium-quality wool and good meat production characteristics.
- Teeswater (Noun) One of an old English breed of sheep, allied to the Leicester.
- Texel (Proper name) An island in the Netherlands, the most westerly of the Frisian Islands.
- Texel (Noun) A domestic sheep of a heavily-muscled breed originally from the island of Texel.
- ancon (Noun) The olecranon.
- argali (Noun) Ovis ammon, the largest wild sheep, which roams the highlands of Central Asia.
- arietiform (Adjective) Having the shape of a ram's head or of the astrological symbol of Aries, ⟨♈︎⟩.
- bellwether (Noun) The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.
- bighorn (Noun) Certain North American species of sheep
- bighorn (Noun) Certain North American species of sheep; especially, Ovis canadensis, having large, curving horns.
- bighorn sheep (Noun) Certain North American species of sheep
- bighorn sheep (Noun) Certain North American species of sheep; especially, Ovis canadensis, having large, curving horns.
- black sheep (Noun) A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy.
- bummer (Noun) A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
- burhel (Noun) Archaic spelling of bharal.
- chilver (Noun) A female lamb.
- churra (Noun) An Iberian sheep breed.
- dinmont (Noun) A wether sheep between one and two years old.
- domestic sheep (Noun) Ovis aries, domesticated sheep kept as livestock
- ewe (Noun) A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
- ewe lamb (Noun) A poor person's sole possession (in reference to the Bible, 2 Samuel xii).
- fat-tailed sheep (Noun) A domestic sheep of a variety known for its distinctive large tail and hindquarters, found mainly in northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
- fleece (Noun) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
- fleece (Noun) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
- fleece (Verb) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
- gimmer (Noun) A ewe between one and two years old.
- granny (Noun) A granny knot.
- hogg (Noun) A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget.
- hoggerel (Noun) A sheep of the second year.
- hogget (Noun) The meat of a young sheep.
- jumbuck (Noun) A sheep.
- karakul (Noun) A sheep of a Central Asian breed.
- keb (Verb) Of a ewe, to abort a lamb.
- keb (Noun) A still-born lamb.
- lamb (Noun) A young sheep.
- lambie (Noun) A lamb.
- lambkin (Noun) A young lamb, a very young sheep.
- lambkin (Noun) A term of endearment.
- lambling (Noun) A young or little lamb.
- lambskin (Noun) The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.
- merino (Noun) A sheep of a Spanish breed with long, fine hair.
- merino (Noun) The wool of this sheep.
- merino (Noun) A dress made out of merino fabric.
- mort (Noun) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
- mouflon (Noun) A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica.
- mountain sheep (Noun) The bighorn (Ovis canadensis) of the Rocky Mountains.
- musmon (Noun) A kind of sheep, the mouflon.
- mutton busting (Noun) A form of entertainment, akin to bull riding, where young children compete to hold onto the back of sheep for as long as possible.
- placer (Noun) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
- ram (Noun) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
- shapoo (Noun) The urial (subspecies of sheep).
- shearling (Noun) A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
- sheep in wolf's clothing (Noun) Someone or something that appears fierce or threatening but is actually harmless or means no harm.
- sheepfold (Noun) An enclosure for keeping sheep.
- sheepfold (Noun) A flock of sheep.
- sheepskin (Noun) The skin of a sheep, especially when used to make parchment or in bookbinding.
- sheepskin (Noun) A diploma.
- sheepskin (Noun) The tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on, especially when used for clothing, rugs, etc.
- shorling (Noun) The skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.
- shorling (Noun) A sheep of the first year's shearing.
- shorling (Noun) A person who is shorn; a shaveling.
- snow sheep (Noun) Ovis nivicola, a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia.
- stag (Noun) The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
- theave (Noun) A ewe lamb of a specific age; in some areas, applied to lambs in their the first or second year (before they have had lambs themselves), in others to lambs in their third year, before their second shearing.
- thinhorn sheep (Noun) Ovis dalli, a species of sheep native to northwestern North America, ranging from white to slate brown in color and having curved yellowish brown horns.
- tup (Noun) A male sheep, a ram.
- urial (Noun) A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep.
- weaner (Noun) An animal that has been recently weaned.
- wether (Verb) To castrate a male sheep or goat.
- wolf in sheep's clothing (Noun) Someone who or something which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.
- Île-de-France (Proper name) A domestic sheep breed originally from the region.
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