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Sheep (pl.:
sheep) or
domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated,
ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
Although the term
sheep can
apply to...
- black-
faced breed, and is
raised primarily for its meat. It has been
exported to many countries, and is
among the most
numerous breeds of
sheep worldwide...
- Baa Baa
Black Sheep (renamed
Black Sheep Squadron for the
second season) is an
American television series that
aired on NBC from
September 23, 1976, until...
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domestic sheep originally from the
island of Texel. It is a
heavy and
muscular sheep, and
produces a lean meat carc****. It is polled, clean-
faced and clean-legged...
- The
Jacob is a
British breed of
domestic sheep. It
combines two
characteristics unusual in
sheep: it is piebald—dark-coloured with
areas of
white wool—and...
- in the area used the
local horned black-
faced sheep and
crossed them with a few
breeds of white-
faced sheep (Southdown, Cotswold, and Leicester). This...
- The
Shetland is a small, wool-producing
breed of
sheep originating in the
Shetland Isles, Scotland, but is now also kept in many
other parts of the world...
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Dorper is a
South African breed of
domestic sheep developed by
crossing Dorset Horn and the
Blackhead Persian sheep. The
breed was
created through the efforts...
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breed of
domestic sheep from the
eastern Alpine region of Europe.
Until the
outbreak of the
First World War it was the most
numerous sheep breed in southern...
- The Soay
sheep is a
breed of
domestic sheep (Ovis aries)
descended from a po****tion of
feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre)
island of Soay in the...
