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    OVIS ARIES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skinplay

    Synonyms:

    domestic sheep; Ovis aries

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Ovis aries" is a kind of...):

    sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)

    Meronyms (parts of "Ovis aries"):

    mouton; mutton (meat from a mature domestic sheep)

    lamb (the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ovis aries"):

    Cotswold (sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills)

    Hampshire; Hampshire down (British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep)

    Lincoln (long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire)

    Exmoor (horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton)

    Cheviot (hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool)

    broadtail; caracul; karakul (hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur)

    longwool (a domestic long-wool sheep)

    merino; merino sheep (white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality)

    Rambouillet (hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool)

    Holonyms ("Ovis aries" is a member of...):

    genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)

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