domestic sheep
English Thesaurus
1. any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | sheep, |
| definition | : | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cotswold, |
| definition | : | sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lincoln, |
| definition | : | long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | exmoor, |
| definition | : | horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cheviot, |
| definition | : | hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | broadtail, caracul, karakul, |
| definition | : | hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | longwool, |
| definition | : | a domestic long-wool sheep (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | merino, merino sheep, |
| definition | : | white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | rambouillet, |
| definition | : | hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | mouton, mutton, |
| definition | : | meat from a mature domestic sheep (noun.food) |
| part holonym | : | lamb, |
| definition | : | the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food (noun.food) |
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