Ovis aries

Thesaurus

Noun

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Ovis aries - any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skindomestic sheepgenus Ovis, Ovis - sheepsheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goatCotswold - sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold HillsHampshire down, Hampshire - British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheepLincoln - long-wooled mutton sheep originally from LincolnshireExmoor - horned sheep of Devon; valued for muttonCheviot - hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick woolcaracul, karakul, broadtail - hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black furlongwool - a domestic long-wool sheepmerino, merino sheep - white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional qualityRambouillet - hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine woolmouton, mutton - meat from a mature domestic sheeplamb - the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food