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  • 61Selected Breeds of Sheep — ▪ Table Selected Breeds of Sheep Name Type of wool Distribution Characteristics Comments Black Faced Highland, also called Scottish Blackface carpet originally Scotland, now also U.S., Italy, Argentina black or mottled, horned stylish appearance… …

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  • 62domestic sheep — noun any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin • Syn: ↑Ovis aries • Hypernyms: ↑sheep • Hyponyms: ↑Cotswold, ↑Hampshire, ↑Hampshire down, ↑Lin …

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  • 63Ovis aries — noun any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin • Syn: ↑domestic sheep • Hypernyms: ↑sheep • Hyponyms: ↑Cotswold, ↑Hampshire, ↑Hampshire down, ↑ …

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  • 64Persian — n. & adj. n. 1 a a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Persia (now Iran). b a person of Persian descent. 2 the language of ancient Persia or modern Iran. Usage: With modern reference the preferred terms are Iranian and Farsi. 3 (in full… …

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  • 65swakara — /swah keuhr euh/, n. the fur of Karakul sheep raised in Namibia; Persian lamb. [1965 70; S(outh) W(est) A(frica) + KARA(KUL)] …

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