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单词 herdwick
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  • Of a flock of forty Herdwick sheep given by Dr. Wakefield, the dogs killed twenty-seven at one time.

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Herdwick

/ (ˈhɜːdwɪk) /

noun

a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England

Word Origin for Herdwick

C19: from obsolete herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see herd ² (sense 1), wick ²); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey

Words nearby Herdwick

herding dog, herd instinct, herd's-grass, herdsman, herd tester, Herdwick, here, hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, here and now
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